Comparison factors	Tendinosus	Tendonitis
Prevalence	Common	Uncommon
Time for full recovery (initial)	Two to three months	Two to three days
Time for full recovery (chronic)	Three to six months	Four to six weeks
Likelihood of full recovery	About 80 percent	99 percent
Focus of conservative therapy	Encourage collagen synthesis, maturation, and strength	Anti-inflammatory therapy and drugs
Role of surgery	Excise abnormal tissue	Not known
Prognosis of surgery	70 to 85 percent	95 percent
Surgical recovery	Four to six months	Three to four weeks