Table 1.

Characteristics of patients

Characteristics	THD (n=63)	SH (n=61)	p-value*
Sex
Male	34 (54.0%)	27 (44.3%)
Female	29 (46.0%)	34 (55.7%)
Median age in years (95% CI)	58 (56.6–60.0)	56 (52.7–59.0)	0.858**
Grade of haemorrhoidal prolapse
III	35 (55.6%)	34 (55.7%)	1.000
IV	28 (44.4%)	27 (44.3%)
Symptoms
Anal pain	36 (57.1%)	39 (63.9%)	0.555
Rectal bleeding	38 (60.3%)	35 (57.4%)	0.884
Soiling	7 (11.1%)	5 (8.2%)	0.823
Perianal itching	6 (9.5%)	10 (16.4%)	0.379
Constipation	17 (27.0%)	19 (31.1%)	0.751

THD = transanal haemorrhoid dearterialisation; SH = stapler haemorrhoidopexy; CI = confidence interval

^*Chi-squared test with Yates’s correction for continuity

^**Mann–Whitney U test