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Preoperative expectations and postoperative patient-reported outcomes.
| Expectation/outcome relationship | Number of studies |
Percentage of studies |
|---|---|---|
| Fulfillment of expectations related to improved postoperative PROs |
24 | 40% |
| Positive expectations related to improved postoperative PROs | 28 | 46.7% |
| Positive expectations related to worse postoperative PROs | 9 | 15% |
| No correlation between expectations and postoperative PROs | 12 | 20% |
