Table 3.
L ong-term outcome for patients with grade II and IV haemorrhoids
| THD | SH | p-value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade III (n=35) |
Grade IV (n=28) |
Total (n=63) |
Grade III (n=34) |
Grade IV (n=27) |
Total (n=61) |
||
| Anal pain | 3 (8.6%) | 4 (14.3%) | 7 (11.1%) | 4 (11.8%) | 5 (18.5%) | 9 (14.8%) | 0.736 |
| Rectal bleeding | 11 (31.4%) | 8 (28.6%) | 19 (30.2%) | 6 (17.6%) | 8 (29.6%) | 14 (23.0%) | 0.481 |
| Soiling | 4 (11.4%) | 6 (21.4%) | 10 (15.9%) | 3 (8.8%) | 2 (7.4%) | 5 (8.2%) | 0.301 |
| Constipation | 6 (17.1%) | 3 (10.7%) | 9 (14.3%) | 2 (5.9%) | 5 (18.5%) | 7 (11.5%) | 0.790 |
| Symptomatic outcome | 0.229** | ||||||
| Excellent | 20 (57.1%) | 16 (57.1%) | 36 (57.1%) | 26 (76.5%) | 19 (70.4%) | 45 (73.8%) | |
| Good | 7 (20.0%) | 9 (32.1%) | 16 (25.4%) | 5 (14.7%) | 6 (22.2%) | 11 (18.0%) | |
| Poor | 8 (22.9%) | 3 (10.7%) | 11 (17.5%) | 3 (8.8%) | 2 (7.4%) | 5 (8.2%) | |
| Recurrence | 8 (22.9%) | 8 (28.6%) | 16 (25.4%) | 2 (5.9%) | 3 (11.1%) | 5 (8.2%) | 0.021 |
| Reoperation | 1 (2.9%) | 5 (17.9%) | 6 (9.5%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7.4%) | 2 (3.3%) | 0.294 |
| Patient satisfaction | 25 (71.4%) | 21 (75.0%) | 46 (73.0%) | 32 (94.1%) | 21 (77.8%) | 53 (86.9%) | 0.705 |
THD = transanal haemorrhoid dearterialisation; SH = stapler haemorrhoidopexy
*
Chi-squared test with Yates’s correction for continuity
**
Pearson’s chi-squared test