Table 1.

Patient baseline demographics and characteristic in LHP and MM group

	LHP group (n = 81)	MM group (n = 93)	p
Age (years)	42 ± 10.6	43 ± 12.4	0.066*
Gender (female/male)	51(63%)/30(37%)	53(56.9%)/36(43.1%)	0.648**
Preoperative symptoms
• Bleeding	81 (100%)	93 (100%)	1.000**
• Hitching	53 (65.4%)	57 (61.2%)	0.572**
• Pain	29 (38.7%)	31 (33.3%)	0.732**
• Prolapsed hemorrhoids	42 (51.8%)	47 (50.5%)	0.862**
Preoperative Rorvik score*	29.8 ± 6.8	30.1 ± 7.2	0.057*

Values are expressed as number of cases with percentages n parenthesis or means ± standard deviation

*Unpaired t test

**Fisher’s exact test