Table 2.

Postoperative complications

Complications	THD (n=63)	SH (n=61)	p-value*
Rectal bleeding
Intraoperative	4 (6.3%)	7 (11.5%)	0.482
Postoperative	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0.490
Urinary retention	5 (7.9%)	8 (13.1%)	0.517
Dysuria	3 (4.8%)	4 (6.6%)	0.964
Anal pain	8 (12.7%)	4 (6.6%)	0.161
Faecal urgency	3 (4.8%)	2 (3.3%)	0.975
Haematoma	4 (6.3%)	2 (3.3%)	0.463

THD = transanal haemorrhoid dearterialisation; SH = stapler haemorrhoidopexy

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