Table II.

Association between DGE and clinical features in all 123 cases included in the study

DGE	Perineural infiltrations		P-value	Gender		P-value
	Yes	No		Male	Female
Yes	36	3	0.01	29	11	0.001
No	62	22	OR = 4.2, 95% CI: 1.19–15.22	44	39	OR = 295% CI: 1–2.5
DGE	Postop. fistula		P-value	Age		P-value
	Yes	No		30–65	65–90
Yes	15	24	0.969	10	29	*0.845
No	32	52	OR = 1.01, 95% CI: 0.465–2.218	31	53
DGE	Postop. fistulaGrade A	P-value	Postop. fistulaGrade B	P-value	Postop. fistulaGrade C	P-value
Yes	9 (24.3%)	< 0.01	4 (66.7%)	< 0.01	2 (50%)	< 0.01
No	28 (75.7%)	OR = 1.2, 95% CI: 0.01–2.1	2 (33.3%)	OR = 1, 95% CI: 0.1–2	2 (50%)	OR = 1.1, 95% CI: 0.01–2
DGE	Post op. haemorrhage		P-value
	Yes	No
Yes	10	29	0.03
No	9	75	OR = 2.8, 95% CI: 1.04–8.82

^*Mann-Whitney test.