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Table 4 Physical and mental component summary

From: Long term outcome and quality of life after open incisional hernia repair - light versus heavy weight meshes

 

LW mesh

(Vypro®)

HW mesh

(Prolene®)

German normal population

PCS

47.8 ± 7.5

49.4 ± 7.3

47.9 ± 9.7

MCS

46.6 ± 8.5

48.8.8 ± 10.0

51.16 ± 8.1

  1. PCS (physical component summary) and MCS (mental component summary) in comparison to the age-stratified German population. (Bullinger M, Kirchberger I. S36 Fragebogen zum Gesundheitszustand Holzgreve 1998)
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