Table 2 SF-36 scores reported by the patients who underwent instruments removed and those with instruments retained

85.10 ± 9.27

86.17 ± 14.06

0.6559

92.02 ± 8.02

89.57 ± 13.34

0.3205

74.49 ± 28.94

80.43 ± 30.79

0.3649

84.82 ± 14.75

83.07 ± 19.15

0.6531

74.96 ± 13.38

82.74 ± 19.08

0.0284*

82.00 ± 9.33

83.87 ± 14.25

0.4360

93.43 ± 12.02

94.04 ± 14.00

0.8144

95.14 ± 11.78

87.63 ± 28.61

0.0657

86.86 ± 7.80

88.04 ± 12.14

0.5055