Table 2 The application and results of SF-36
Researcher | Surgery approach | No. of cases | Study design | Follow-up time | Resulta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yan et al. [26] | Transoral/OT | 48/42 | Retrospective study | Post-op 3 months | Higher score of 8 domains in transoral group |
Nguyen et al. [20] | Transoral/OT | 60/61 | Prospective study | Post-op 4, 8, 12 weeks | Higher score of 8 domains in transoral group |
Piromchai et al. [4] | Submental/OT | 24/24 | Retrospective study | Post-op 2, 6, 12, 24 weeks | Higher score of 3 domains in submental group |
Bo et al. [31] | Transthoracic/OT/thermal ablation | 129/320/56 | Retrospective study | Post-op 1, 3, 6, 12 months | No difference among three groups |
Alnehlaoui et al. [47] | Transoral/OTb | 31/28 | Retrospective study | Post-op 6 months | Significant improvement of QoL in transoral group |
Wongwattana et al. [19] | Transoral/axillo-breast | 11/11 | Retrospective study | No difference between two groups | |
Shen et al. [32] | Transareola/transoral | 74/57 | Retrospective study | Post-op 2, 4, 8 months | Higher score of 2 domains in transoral group |
Chen et al. [30] | MIVAT/BABA | 60/35 | Retrospective study | Post-op 2 years | Higher score of 4 domains in MIVAT group |
Kasemsiri et al. [48] | Transoral/OT | 32/38 | Retrospective study | Post-op 6, 12 weeks | Higher score of 6 domains in transoral group |
Bakkar et al. [49] | Transoral | 5 | Case cohort | Post-op 1 months | High score of QoL in transoral group |
Huang et al. [46] | Trans-axillary/OT | 75/123 | Retrospective study | Post-op 1, 6 months | Better in 3 domains in transoral group |
Materazzi et al. [34] | MIVAT/RATT | 30/32 | Retrospective study | Higher score of 2 domains for MIVAT and of 1 domain in RATT group |