Table 3.
Further surgical interventions and patient-reported recurrence
| Stapled haemorrhoidopexy (n=388) | Traditional excisional surgery (n=386) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Further surgical intervention 24 months after randomisation | 34/364 (9%) | 23/371 (6%) | .. | 0·11 | ||
| Patients with registry data* | 14 | 12 | .. | .. | ||
| Patients with self-reported data* | 26 | 15 | .. | .. | ||
| Patient-reported recurrence | ||||||
| 12 months after randomisation | ||||||
| Haemorrhoids reoccurred | 94/295 (32%) | 39/278 (14%) | 2·96 (2·02–4·32) | <0·0001 | ||
| 24 months after randomisation | ||||||
| Haemorrhoids reoccurred | 134/317 (42%) | 76/300 (25%) | 2·25 (1·46–3·46) | <0·0001 | ||
Data are n/N (%), unless otherwise specified.
*
Some participants had both registry and self-reported data.