Table 3.

Results

Outcome	Preoperative	1 year postoperative	Mean difference	p-value
Pain, VAS	7.83 ± 1.71	4.97 ± 2.63	2.86 ± 2.94	< 0.001
Quality of life, EQ-5D-3L	0.266 ± 0.129	0.499 ± 0.260	0.232 ± 0.243	< 0.001
Self-reported health status, VAS	49.6 ± 19.8	61.2 ± 21.4	11.7 ± 28.3	0.035

All values are mean ± SD, and p value refers to paired t test