Table 3.

TEH-related complications, incontinence scores (Wexner) and short health scale scores, within-group and between-group comparisons

		Overall (n = 96)	Local excision (n = 58)	Thrombectomy (n = 38)	p value
Any type of conservative treatment after surgery	Yes	80 (83.3%)	51 (87.9%)	29 (76.3%)	0.225
	No	16 (16.7%)	7 (12.1%)	9 (23.7%)
Bleeding occurrence within 6 months	Yes	10 (10.4%)	9 (15.5%)	1 (2.6%)	0.083
	No	86 (89.6%)	49 (84.5%)	37 (97.4%)
Pain occurrence within 6 months	Yes	20 (20.8%)	15 (25.9%)	5 (13.2%)	0.214
	No	76 (79.2%)	43 (74.1%)	33 (86.8%)
Anal stenosis within 6 months	Yes	2 (2.1%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0%)	0.517
	No	94 (97.9%)	56 (96.6%)	38 (100%)
Symptom relapse within 6 months	Yes	6 (6.3%)	4 (6.9%)	2 (5.3%)	1.000
	No	90 (93.8%)	54 (93.1%)	36 (94.7%)
Infection within 6 months	Yes	1 (1%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0%)	1.000
	No	95 (99%)	57 (98.3%)	38 (100%)
Recurrence within 6 months	Yes	5 (5.2%)	5 (8.6%)	0 (0%)	0.153
	No	91 (94.8%)	51 (91.4%)	38 (100%)
Preoperative HDSS		6.56 ± 3.68	7.12 ± 4.11	5.82 ± 2.91	0.183
Postoperative HDSS (6th month)		1.93 ± 2.62	2.35 ± 3.01	1.37 ± 1.87	0.138
p value (repeated measures)		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Preoperative SHS		17.39 ± 5.61	18.28 ± 5.69	16.03 ± 5.28	0.054
Postoperative SHS (6th month)		8.74 ± 4.43	9.53 ± 4.46	7.53 ± 4.16	0.006
p value (repeated measures)		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Wexner score 1st week		2.26 ± 4.08	3.33 ± 4.84	0.48 ± 0.85	0.002
Wexner score 1st month		1.79 ± 3.61	2.76 ± 4.3	0.23 ± 0.76	0.001
Wexner score 3rd month		1.58 ± 3.3	2.48 ± 3.91	0.13 ± 0.72	< 0.001
Wexner score 6th month		1.33 ± 2.87	2.04 ± 3.39	0.1 ± 0.54	0.001
p value (repeated measures)		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

p values in bold indicate the presence of statistical significance