Correction: Is it enough to utilize a single anchor for repair of rotator cuff tears ≤ 3 * 3 cm²?

Q: What was corrected in this notice?

The captions for Figures 1–4 were incorrect and are provided here with corrected wording.

Q: Which study question does the correction relate to?

It relates to whether using a single anchor is enough to repair rotator cuff tears up to ≤ 3 * 3 cm².

Q: What do Figures 1–4 cover after the correction?

Figure 1 provides a patient self-reported outcome questionnaire summary, Figure 2 describes an exclusion hierarchy, Figure 3 shows retear rates at 6 months for single vs multiple anchors across tear-area size strata, and Figure 4 reports clinical outcomes at time zero, 6 weeks, and 6 months.

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Correction notice for a PLoS One article evaluating whether using a single anchor is sufficient for repairing rotator cuff tears up to a specified size threshold (≤ 3 * 3 cm²). The document states that the captions for Figures 1–4 were incorrect and provides the corrected figure captions and reference details. It includes publication metadata, access and citation information, and descriptive notes for questionnaires, exclusion hierarchy, retear rates, and clinical outcomes over follow-up intervals.

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Correction notice

Incorrect figure captions (Figs 1–4)

Figure 1: Patient questionnaire

Figure 2: Exclusion hierarchy

Figure 3: Retear rates at 6 months

Figure 4: Clinical outcomes at baseline and follow-ups

CORRECTION Correction: Is it enough to utilize a single anchor for repair of rotator cuff tears ≤ 3 * 3 cm² ? Ala’ Hawa, Alexander Tham, James Bilbrough, Christyon Hayek, Mina Shenouda, George A. C. Murrell The captions for Figs 1–4 are incorrect. The captions have been provided here: Reference 1. Hawa A, Tham A, Bilbrough J, Hayek C, Shenouda M, Murrell GAC. Is it enough to utilize a single anchor for repair of rotator cuff tears ≤ 3 * 3 cm²?. PLoS One. 2025;20(4):e0320915 . [https://doi](https://doi). org/10 . 1371/journal. pone.0320915 PMID: 40258016 OPEN ACCESS Citation: Hawa A, Tham A, Bilbrough J, Hayek C, Shenouda M, Murrell GAC (2026) Correction: Is it enough to utilize a single anchor for repair of rotator cuff tears ≤ 3 * 3 cm²? PLoS One 21(1): e0340485. [https://doi](https://doi). org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485 Published: January 5, 2026 Copyright: © 2026 Hawa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485) January 5, 2026 1 / 5 Fig 1. Appendix. Patient self-reported outcome questionnaire. Data is presented as mean with error bars derived from the standard error of mean. * Indicates a difference between groups with a P value <0 .05. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g001](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g001) PLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485) January 5, 2026 2 / 5 Fig 2. Patients exclusion hierarchy. * Represents a list for patients excluded according to our exclusion criteria. ¶ ML is the mediolateral dimension of the tear, AP is the anteroposterior dimension of the tear & the “faint blue” color coded boxes represent the treatment method used for repair of rotator cuff tears. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g002](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g002) PLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485) January 5, 2026 3 / 5 Fig 3. (A & B) Graphical & Tabular representations of retear rates 6 months postoperatively for both single & multiple anchors groups among tear areas of size ML. ≤ 10 mm * AP ≤ 10 mm, ML ≤10 mm * AP 11-30 mm, ML 11-30 mm * AP ≤ 10 mm and ML 11-30 mm * AP 11-30 mm. Black bars represent the Single Anchor group, and grey bars represent Multiple Anchors. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g003](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g003) PLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485) January 5, 2026 4 / 5 Fig 4. Clinical outcome at time zero, 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. Data is presented as mean with error bars derived from the standard error of mean. * Indicates a difference between groups with a P value <0 .05. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g004](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485.g004) PLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340485) January 5, 2026 5 / 5

FAQs

What was corrected in this notice?

The captions for Figures 1–4 were incorrect and are provided here with corrected wording.

Which study question does the correction relate to?

It relates to whether using a single anchor is enough to repair rotator cuff tears up to ≤ 3 * 3 cm².

What do Figures 1–4 cover after the correction?

Figure 1 provides a patient self-reported outcome questionnaire summary, Figure 2 describes an exclusion hierarchy, Figure 3 shows retear rates at 6 months for single vs multiple anchors across tear-area size strata, and Figure 4 reports clinical outcomes at time zero, 6 weeks, and 6 months.

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