Table 1.
Patients' characteristics n (%)
| Surgery + infliximab (n = 26) | Surgery alone (n = 36) | P value | |
| Male:Female | 16:10 | 27:9 | 0.26 |
| Age at initial surgery (median years and range) | 27.5 (16-55) | 27.5 (16-41) | 0.73 |
| Duration from onset of perianal lesion (median month and range) | 45 (2.5-275.5) | 120 (26.5-339.5) | < 0.01 |
| Duration from initial surgery for perianal lesion | 28.2 (0.57-62.4) | 74.5 (7.4-218.9) | < 0.01 |
| (median month and range) | |||
| Types of fistula | |||
| Intrasphincteric | 7 (26.9) | 4 (11.1) | 0.11 |
| Transsphincteric | 12 (46.2) | 16 (44.4) | 0.89 |
| Suprasphincteric | 4 (15.4) | 8 (22.2) | 0.5 |
| Extrasphincteric | 3 (11.5) | 8 (22.2) | 0.28 |
| Anorectal stricture | 19 (73.1) | 21 (58.3) | 0.23 |
| Current smoking | 8 (30.8) | 16 (44.4) | 0.28 |
Data are numbers with percentage in parentheses unless otherwise indicated.