Table 4.
Mean improvement in SF-36 PCS and MCS scores between surgical interventions
| Reference | Surgical intervention | Preop PCS | Postop PCS | ΔPCS | Preop MCS | Postop MCS | ΔMCS | N |
| This study | Bilateral breast reduction | 39.7 | 49.9 | 10.2 | 37.0 | 46.2 | 9.2 | 191 |
| Pivec et al 44 | Total knee replacement | 33.0 | 47.8 | 14.8 | 52.9 | 55.9 | 3.0 | 281 |
| Stickles et al 48 | Total hip replacement | 28.0 | 41.2 | 13.2 | 51.2 | 53.9 | 2.7 | 551 |
| Muller-Nordhorn et al 47 | Coronary artery bypass grafting | 36.0 | 43.0 | 7.3 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 4.3 | 412 |
| Polly et al 45 | Lumbar fusion (spine) | 26.6 | 40.0 | 13.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1826 |
| Rogmark et al 49 | Incisional hernia repair | 41.6 | 49.5 | 8.1 | 50.2 | 52.3 | 1.7 | 124 |
| Faulconbridge et al 46 | Bariatric surgery | 37.7 | 46.4 | 8.7 | 43.1 | 45.5 | 2.4 | 36 |
Δ, mean change in SF-36 score from preoperative to 12 months postoperative; MCS, Mental Component Summary; N, number of participants; n/a, not applicable; PCS, Physical Component Summary; SF-36, Short Form-36.