Passive operative qualities enable someone "rightly to have, suffer, admit, or receive something" (DJN I.1.20), while active operative qualities are those by which we can morally affect or move others, as it were.
To achieve an outcome comparable with the traditional radical method in terms of oncologic safety, and an improved post-operative quality of life, we modified the classic triple-incision technique and suggested it as an alternative for these patients.
Better social support is associated with lower complication rates, better functional outcomes and higher post-operative quality of life [ 48].
Patients who did not respond to the post-operative questionnaire tended to have more severe primary conditions and a poorer pre-operative quality of life.
For PROMs, the post-operative quality of recovery scale (PQRS) and the readiness for hospital discharge scale (RHDS) were selected for this study.
This prospective study enrolled patients undergoing anterior crucial ligament reconstruction (study 4a, n = 66) and knee arthroscopy (study 4b, n = 117) to determine their ability to recall pre-operative quality of life and functional status.
If extended as suggested above, a tool such as Stoma-QOL would give the possibility of estimating potential differences between the different surgical techniques with regard to patients' expected post-operative quality of life.
In total, 108 patients were assessed peri-operatively with the timed-up-and-go (TUG), Iowa level of assistance scale, post-operative quality of recovery scale, readiness for hospital discharge scale, and the Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC).
The relationship between the quality of recovery and post-operative quality of life determined using the QoR-40 and the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36), which is the de facto standard of measurement of quality of life was investigated in a previous study, which revealed that the QoR-40 provided a better measurement of the early postoperative recovery [ 9].
