Compared to our previous report, where ministernotomy significantly outperformed minithoracotomy regarding postoperative pain, it seems that after 1 year, patients with minithoracotomy showed greater improvement than ministernotomy, yet the difference did not reach statistical significance ([ 6 ], Table 4 ).
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Measurement of health-related quality of life post aortic valve replacement via minimally invasive incisions.
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In the minithoracotomy group, this was accompanied by a highly significant improvement in social functioning (87.91 ± 16.98, 66.15 ± 27.32, P 0.0001) (Table 4 ).