Table 3 Quality of life scores of children who received traditional surgery and minimally invasive surgery reported by parents by different postoperative period [Median (range)]
Item | Problems related to cardiac symptoms and their treatment | Drug treatment problems | Problems related to perceived physical appearance | Problems related to anxiety about treatment | Problems related to cognitive psychology | Problems related to communication | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤1 month postoperatively | TS(n = 62) | 88 (50–100) | 100 (0–100) | 100 (0–100) | 94 (25–100) | 85 (17–100) | 83 (0–100) |
MIS(n = 49) | 89 (50–100) | 100 (8–100) | 100 (25–100) | 88 (25–100) | 83 (30–100) | 83 (0–100) | |
P# | 0.5946 | 0.2369 | 0.4965 | 0.6774 | 0.9568 | 0.8797 | |
1–6 months postoperatively | TS(n = 7) | 93 (57–100) | 100 (90–100) | 92 (75–100) | 94 (69–100) | 75 (40–100) | 100 (42–100) |
MIS(n = 15) | 86 (61–100) | 100 (75–100) | 100 (75–100) | 100 (69–100) | 95 (50–100) | 100 (0–100) | |
P# | 0.8029 | 0.1635 | 0.1348 | 0.4712 | 0.2091 | 0.6634 | |
6–12 months postoperatively | TS(n22=) | 89 (57–100) | 100 (50–100) | 96 (25–100) | 78 (38–100) | 75 (15–100) | 75 (0–100) |
MIS(n = 8) | 91 (71–100) | 100 (92–100) | 100 (33–100) | 81 (44–100) | 87 (45–100) | 79 (33–100) | |
P# | 0.5068 | 0.2398 | 0.2641 | 0.9621 | 0.3948 | 0.5118 | |
12–36 months postoperatively | TS(n = 112) | 93 (57–100) | 100 (42–100) | 100 (33–100) | 100 (13–100) | 100 (30–100) | 100 (0–100) |
MIS(n = 87) | 96 (68–100) | 100 (75–100) | 100 (42–100) | 100 (31–100) | 92 (35–100) | 100 (42–100) | |
P# | 0.0096 | 0.4546 | 0.0339 | 0.3231 | 0.2009 | 0.9242 | |
> 36 months postoperatively | TS(n = 14) | 93 (64–96) | 100 (83–100) | 88 (33–100) | 100 (44–100) | 71 (20–100) | 88 (0–100) |
MIS(n = 24) | 96 (79–100) | 100 (100–100) | 96 (50–100) | 100 (50–100) | 90 (10–100) | 100 (50–100) | |
P# | 0.026 | 0.0216 | 0.7347 | 0.0489 | 0.012 | 0.0009 | |