highly significantp < 0.001
In relation to the current point in time, meaning 21.71 ± 4.93 (mean ± standard deviation) years post operation, the patients gave a value of 9.5 ± 1.8 (mean ± standard deviation) for the physiological conditions, which indicated a highly significant improvement in HRQoL of 3.3 points ( p < 0.001) ( Figure 5 ).