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1-year postoperative estimated point defi cit in quality of life estimated by SF-36, in elderly and younger patients operated for LDH compared to a published age-matched reference data population (Sullivan et al. 1994). Elderly is defi ned as patients aged ≥65 years of age, and younger refers to the sex-matched comparison group aged 20–64. For Abbreviations, see Table 3.
