TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lomholt, Johanne Jeppesen
AU  - Jacobsen, Elisabeth Brammer
AU  - Thastum, Mikael
AU  - Pilegaard, Hans
PY  - 2016
TI  - A prospective study on quality of life in youths after pectus excavatum correction
JF  - Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Vol 5, No 5 (September 01, 2016): Pectus Excavatum
Y2  - 2016
KW  - 
N2  - Background: The impact of correction of pectus excavatum (PE) on adolescents’ health-related quality of life (HRQL) has only been investigated in prospective designs using disease-specific measures and without controls. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the HRQL before and after surgical correction of PE using a generic HRQL measure, and to compare the reported level of HRQL before surgery with an age-comparable control group.  Methods: Patients (n=107) and one of their parents (n=106) completed the generic HRQL measure: the Child Health Questionnaire before, 3 months, and 6 months after correction for PE. A control group (n=183) consisting of school children comparable in age completed the same measure on one occasion.  Results: The patients’ level of HRQL before surgery was comparable to the level of the controls except for physical functioning; here boys reported impaired function compared to controls (P
UR  - https://www.annalscts.com/article/view/11604