Table 4. Data regarding urinary and fecal continence and sexual function.
| Postoperative elapsed time | Urinary incontinence | p-value | Voiding difficulties | p-value | Anal incontinence | p-value | Fecal constipation | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL-NSRH | OA-NSRH | TL-NSRH | OA-NSRH | TL-NSRH | OA-NSRH | TL-NSRH | OA-NSRH | |||||
| Within 1 mo (TL vs. OA 132 vs. 126) | 16 (12.1) | 25 (19.0) | 0.090 | 24 (18.2) | 34 (27.0) | 0.101 | 2 (1.5) | 4 (3.2) | 0.438 | 21 (15.9) | 21 (16.7) | >0.999 |
| 1–6 mo (TL vs. OA 116 vs. 98) | 14 (12.1) | 25 (25.5) | 0.013 | 21 (18.1) | 27 (27.6) | 0.103 | 3 (2.6) | 4 (4.1) | 0.705 | 18 (15.5) | 21 (21.4) | 0.290 |
| 6–12 mo (TL vs. OA 111 vs. 97) | 14 (12.7) | 25 (25.8) | 0.009 | 15 (13.5) | 24 (24.7) | 0.050 | 3 (2.7) | 4 (4.1) | 0.707 | 15 (13.5) | 20 (20.6) | 0.196 |
| 12–24 mo (TL vs. OA 100 vs. 91) | 14 (14.0) | 24 (26.4) | 0.010 | 10 (10.0) | 23 (25.3) | 0.007 | 3 (3.0) | 3 (3.3) | >0.999 | 13 (13.0) | 20 (21.9) | 0.126 |
| >24 mo (TL vs. OA 82 vs. 69) | 11 (13.5) | 22 (31.9) | 0.009 | 3 (3.7) | 18 (26.1) | <0.001 | 3 (3.7) | 3 (4.3) | >0.999 | 8 (9.8) | 17 (24.6) | 0.017 |
Values are presented as number (%).
OA-NSRH, open abdominal; TL-NSRH, total laparoscopic nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy.