Table 2.

Main outcomes 36 months after index procedure

	Sigmoidectomy (n = 39)	Laparoscopic lavage (n = 38)	p-value
Overall morbidity	28(71·8)	32(84·2)	0·272
Mortality	7(17·9)	6(15·8)	1·000
Patients with ≥ 1 reoperation, n(%)	27(69·2)	17(44·7)	0·039
Patient alive with stoma in situ*	4(17·0)	4(10·5)	0.0268†
Stomas not reversed	11(28·2)	4(10·5)	0·083
Sigmoid resection after allocation to laparoscopic lavage		17(44·7)
Reoperations per patient, n (%)			0·082
0	12(30·8)	21(55·3)
1	18(46·2)	8(21·1)
2	5(12·8)	6(15·8)
≥ 3	4(10·3)	3(7·9)

Data are n (%) or median (IQ), p-value is the outcome of the fisher exact-test *Cumulative proportion calculated from the Kaplan–Meier life table

^†p-value from log-rank test