Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients in the treatment groups.

		Treatment groups		p-value
		Laser (n=24)	Laser+phenol (n=22)
Age (years)†		29.0±7.7	27.9±5.5	0.552
Gender‡
	Male	19 (79.2)	16 (72.7)	0.869
	Female	5 (20.8)	6 (27.3)
	Pit numbers§	2.0 [1.0–3.0]	1.5 [1.0–3.0]	0.540
Abscess drainage history‡
	No	20 (83.3)	18 (81.8)	0.999
	Yes	4 (16.7)	4 (18.2)
Length of hospital stay (days)§		0.0 [0.0–0.0]	0.0 [0.0–1.0]	0.296

^†Mean±standard deviation;

^‡n (%);

^§Median [min–max].