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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jan;119(1):125–133. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31823d407e

Table 2.

Intraoperative and Postoperative Details by Randomization Group

Variable Graft
(n=80)
No Graft
(n=80)
P
Concomitant procedures
  Hysterectomy
  Anterior colporrhaphy
  Uterosacral suspension
  Sacrospinous suspension
  Mersilene sling
  Midurethral sling
  None
10 (12.5)
30 (37.5)
7 (8.8)
3 (3.8)
5 (6.3)
42 (52.5)
7 (8.9)
8 (10.0)
24 (30.0)
2 (2.5)
6 (7.5)
2 (2.5)
37 (46.3)
4 (5.3)
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
Operative time for rectocele repair (median minutes, range 60 (15–145) 45 (15–140) <0.001
Blood loss for posterior repair (median milliliters, range) 125 (25–450) 100 (10–500) 0.005
Site specific repair 54 (67.5) 48 (60.0) 0.3
Intraoperative complications
  Rectal injury
  Bladder injury
  Transfusion
1 (1.3)
0
0
0
1 (1.3)
0
1.0
1.0
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Postoperative complications
  Fever
  Wound separation
  Wound infection
1 (1.3)
11 (13.8)
2 (2.5)
0
5 (6.2)
4 (5.3)
1.0
0.1
0.7
Pain at 2 weeks (mean score on visual analog scale, SD) 1.0 (1.6) 0.8 (1.4) 0.3
Pain at 6 weeks (mean score, SD) 0.4 (0.9) 0.4 (1.2) 0.9
Vaginal stricture/band 1/67 (1.4) 1/70 (1.4) 1.0

SD, standard deviation.

Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified.

Numbers may not add to 100% due to missing data.