Table 7.

Aspects of QOL before the operation,6 months and 12 months after the operations.

Aspects of QOL	Scoring			P value
	Score 5 (much)
	Before surgery	After 6 months	After 12 months
Feeling happy	7	30	31	.034
	17.5%	75.0%	77.5%
Satisfied with their body image	1	32	36
	2.5%	80.%	90.0%
Improved self esteem	3	32	35
	7.5%	80.0%	87.5%
Feeling sexually attractive	1	33	36
	2.5%	82.5%	90.0%
Better or regular sex	3	28	32
	7.5%	70.0%	80.0%
Spending more time with friends	0	26	35
	0.0%	65.0%	87.5%
Nervousness, embracing by unimportant matters	1	1	0
	2.5%	2.5%	0.0%
Hearing sarcasm or teasing by others	1	1	0
	2.5%	2.5%	0.0%
Negative thoughts	10	1	0
	26%	2.5%	0.0%
Decreased appetite	2	37	39
	5.0%	92.5%	97.5%
Ease to take any posture comfortably such as crossing their legs	5	35	37
	12.5%	87.5%	92.5%

Note: To simplify, the above table shows extent of the improvements in 11 aspects of the QOL in the patients by comparing data before the operations to data 6 and 12 months after the operations.