Table 2.
Preoperative parameters of patients who initially received conservative treatment for perianal abscesses
| Parameter | Conservative treatment |
P value |
Odds ratio | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Success | Failure | Univariatea) | Multivariate | ||
| Patient | 49 | 14 | 35 | - | - | - |
| Age (yr) | 3.70±4.5 | 3.92 ±5.9 | 3.62±3.9 | 0.839 | NS | - |
| Height (cm) | 99.53±41 | 100.6±40 | 99.17±41 | 0.912 | NS | - |
| Weight (kg) | 18.15±8 | 18.60±18 | 17.97±18 | 0.911 | NS | - |
| Male sex (%) | 45 (91) | 14 (100) | 31 (88) | 0.194 | NS | - |
| Migrant background | 18 (36) | 5 (35) | 13 (37) | 0.927 | NS | - |
| History of perianal abscess | 5 (10) | 0 (0) | 5 (14) | 0.141 | NS | - |
| Localization dorsal | 11 (22) | 4 (28) | 7 (20) | 0.526 | NS | - |
| Localization ventral | 12 (24) | 2 (14) | 10 (28) | 0.303 | NS | - |
| Localization lateral | 24 (48) | 4 (28) | 20 (57) | 0.073 | NS | - |
| Localization multifocal | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | 0.372 | NS | - |
| Enhanced inflammatory values (CRP and WBC) | 11 (22) | 0 (0) | 11 (31) | 0.017 | 0.124 | 0.808 |
| Temperature (°) | 37.1±0.6 | 37.0±0.2 | 37.2±0.7 | 0.200 | NS | - |
| Size (mm) | 10.0±5.1 | 6.35±4.2 | 11.48±4.3 | 0.001 | 0.023 | 3.37 |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).
NS, not significant; CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood count.
Two-sided t test and Fisher exact test were used. Multivariate log regression analysis.
Boldface indicates a statistically significant difference with P<0.05.
a)
Univariate and multivariate analyses of therapy failure.