Table 6.

Comparison of outcomes between patients who presented with urinary incontinence and those who were continent (numbers in brackets indicate number of patients who responded to this question)

	Incontinent	Continent	P-value
Early follow up
Median VAS back	20(12)	35(14)	0.374
Median VAS leg	40(12)	10(14)	0.046*
Median ODI	27(12)	26.5(14)	0.667
Number of patients leaking urine**	8(11)	4(13)	0.199
Median score for impact of urological
Dysfunction on quality of life	21.5(11)	8(13)	0.002*
Satisfaction with current urinary symptoms
Delighted/pleased/mostly satisfied	3	10	0.015*
Mixed feelings	0	1
Terrible/unhappy/mostly dissatisfied	8	3
Frequency of bowel leakage
Never/several times a year	5	13	0.038*
Several times a month/week/day	6	1
Urinary catheter usage	3(11)	0(14)
Late follow up
Median VAS back	40(12)	20(12)	0.020*
Median VAS leg	70(12)	10(12)	0.003*
Median ODI	52(12)	18(12)	0.060
Number of patients leaking urine**	9(12)	2(12)	0.199
Median score for impact of urological
Dysfunction on quality of life	20(8)	8(9)	0.006*
Satisfaction with current urinary symptoms
Delighted/pleased/mostly satisfied	3	10	0.014*
Mixed feelings	0	0
Terrible/unhappy/mostly dissatisfied	8	0
Frequency of bowel leakage
Never/several times a year	7	10	0.347
Several times a month/week/day	5	1
Urinary catheter usage	2(12)	0(12)

*Statistical significance

Man-Whitney U-test except **Pearson chi-square test