Table 2.

Results at follow‐up

	TAI	Control	P *
1 week
Maximum no. of defaecations/day	10 (3–34)	4 (2–20)	0·004
Maximum no. of defaecations/night	3 (0–8)	2 (2–20)	0·757
Wexner score	7·5 (0–20)	10 (0–20)	0·238
SF‐36® mental component	48 (29–57)	55 (29–63)	0·543
SF‐36® physical component	42 (19–54)	34·5 (29–58)	0·965
LARS score	37·5 (4–42)	32 (3–41)	0·177
1 month
Maximum no. of defaecations/day	3 (1–10)	7 (3–30)	0·003
Maximum no. of defaecations/night	0 (0–6)	3 (0–6)	0·001
Wexner score	4 (0–17)	10 (0–17)	0·087
SF‐36® mental component	51 (28–59)	55 (29–60)	0·195
SF‐36® physical component	44 (35–55)	49 (20–58)	0·356
LARS score	16 (4–39)	32 (2–41)	0·044
3 months
Maximum no. of defaecations/day	3 (1–10)	5 (3–12)	0·006
Maximum no. of defaecations/night	0 (0–2)	1 (1–5)	0·002
Wexner score	2 (0–11)	6 (0–17)	0·046
SF‐36® mental component	55 (31–60)	57 (26–63)	0·436
SF‐36® physical component	50 (39–64)	51 (37–61)	0·741
LARS score	9 (0–34)	31 (3–42)	0·001

Values are median (range). TAI, transanal irrigation; SF, Short Form; LARS, low anterior resection syndrome.

^*Mann–Whitney U test.