Table 4.

Overall Quality of life measured with QLQ-C30.

	scSEMS	fcSEMS	p value
Prestent QoL (QLQ-C30) median (min–max)	41.7 (0.0–91.7)	33.3 (0.00–83.3)	0.212
1 week median (min–max)	41.7 (0.0–83.3)	25.0 (0.0–66.7)	0.107
1 month median (min–max)	41.7 (0.0–100.0)	33.3 (0.0–66.7)	0.260
3 months median (min–max)	62.5 (8.3–83.3)	41.7 (0.0–75.0)	0.142

Two-tailed Mann–Whitney U test was used for data evaluation. p < 0.05 was considered significant. Higher value means better perceived QoL. Quite low values were found initially. A random sample of Swedish adults in the same age group has a mean value of 77.5 (SD 22.0)