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. 2025 Dec 24;30(1):24. doi: 10.1007/s10151-025-03264-7

Table 2.

Comparison of postoperative fistula stratified by adjuvant antibiotic therapy

Total (n = 770) Adjuvant antibiotic group (n = 466) Nonadjuvant antibiotic group (n = 304) p-Value
Postoperative fistula formation rate 52 (6.8%) 33 (7.1%) 19 (6.3%) 0.664
Median time to clinical diagnosis of fistula, (IQR) weeks 15.4 (7.7–31.3) 13.7 (7.4–23.6) 23.1 (10.7–39.1) 0.104