Table 2.
Patient Characteristics of the 19 Patients Who Consented to Undergo an Anorectal Manometry According to Their Fecal Continence Status at Investigation
| Variables | N | Continence n (n/N, %) |
Incontinence n (n/N, %) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD, yr) | 11.3 ± 6.3 | 12.7 ± 6.0 | 10.3 ± 6.6 | 0.441 |
| Age groups (yr) | 0.833 | |||
| > 4–10 | 8 | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | |
| 10–16 | 5 | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | |
| > 16 | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |
| Gender | > 0.999 | |||
| Male | 13 | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | |
| Female | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | |
| Neurological status | 0.106 | |||
| NI patients | 5 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | |
| Non-NI patients | 14 | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | |
| Enterostomy | 0.603 | |||
| Yes | 15 | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | |
| No | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| Resected segment | 0.702 | |||
| Classic recto-sigmoid form | 15 | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | |
| Long segment formsa | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| Operative procedure | 0.633 | |||
| Open Soave | 11 | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | |
| MIS Soave | 8 | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | |
| Enterocolitis | > 0.999 | |||
| Yes | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | |
| No | 16 | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.5) | |
| Postoperative complication | 0.603 | |||
| Yes | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| No | 15 | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | |
| Constipation | 0.263 | |||
| Yes | 3 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | |
| No | 16 | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.2) | |
| Total | 19 | 7 (36.8) | 12 (63.2) |
a
Long segment form includes the cases with descending, transverse, and total colon aganglionosis.
NI, neurologically impaired; MIS Soave, minimally invasive surgery Soave includes transanal endorectal pull-through with or without laparoscopic assistance.