Table 5.
Addendum. Classification of complications by category and grades of pain at clinical visit 7 years following surgery
| Mesh (n = 53) | Native tissue (n = 67) | Risk difference (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any complication | 40 (75) | 39 (58) | 17.3%* (0.7, 33.8) | |||
| Category | Grades of pain | Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | |
| 12 (23) | 28 (53) | 5 (8) | 34 (51) | |||
| 1 | 2 (4) | 16 (30) | 2 (3) | 33 (49) | ||
| a | 2 | 2 | ||||
| b | 7 | 5 | ||||
| c | 6 | 9 | ||||
| d | 1 | 2 | ||||
| e | 2 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | 8 (15) | 9 (17) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | ||
| a | 8 | 2 | ||||
| b | 2 | |||||
| c | 3 | |||||
| d | ||||||
| e | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 2 (4) | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | ||
| a | 2 | 1 | ||||
| b | 2 | |||||
| c | 1 | |||||
| d | ||||||
| e | ||||||
Data presented as numbers (%)
Category: (1) Vaginal, no epithelial separation; includes prominence or excessive scarring, (2) vaginal epithelial separation ≤1 cm, (3) vaginal epithelial separation ≥1 cm
Grades of pain: (a) Asymptomatic or no pain, (b) provoked pain only (during vaginal examination), (c) pain during sexual intercourse, (d) pain during physical activities, (e) spontaneous pain
*This difference would be statistically significant if tested at a significance level of 0.05