Table 3.

SF-36 scores before and after treatment.

SF36	Group	Presurgery	1 week after treatment	1 month after treatment	3 months after treatment	6 months after treatment
PCS scores	C	39.08 ± 12.35	51.35 ± 11.38	60.94 ± 12.57	67.51 ± 12.19	56.84 ± 12.60
	H	41.34 ± 9.44	54.67 ± 10.42	69.34 ± 12.40*	74.89 ± 10.83*	65.31 ± 13.14*
	P value	0.462	0.277	0.019	0.025	0.021
MCS scores	C	36.07 ± 11.21	47.86 ± 9.50	56.09 ± 13.29	64.89 ± 12.23	52.80 ± 14.21
	H	40.61 ± 9.46	53.11 ± 11.26	70.21 ± 11.53*	75.71 ± 11.04*	65.18 ± 13.73*
	P value	0.121	0.075	0.000	0.002	0.002

^*Compared with C group, P < 0.05.