Botulinum toxin type-A injection to treat patients with intractable anismus unresponsive to simple biofeedback training

Table 3 Detailed constipation scoring system differences between pre- and post-botulinum toxin type A injection

	Pre-BTX-A injection	Post-BTX-A injection and consecutive biofeedback training	t	P
Frequency of bowel movements	0.39 ± 0.62	0.10 ± 0.30	3.057	0.005
Difficulty: painful evacuation	3.29 ± 0.53	1.45 ± 0.72	13.146	0.000
Completeness: feeling incomplete	3.45 ± 0.57	1.52 ± 0.72	14.816	0.000
abdominal pain	0.77 ± 1.1	0.54 ± 0.85	2.040	0.050
Time: minutes in lavatory per attempt	2.38 ± 0.88	0.97 ± 0.66	10.330	0.000
Assistance: type of assistance	1.81 ± 1.73	0.39 ± 0.77	4.295	0.000
Failure: unsuccessful attempts for evacuation per 24 h	1.00 ± 0.37	0.29 ± 0.46	7.473	0.000

BTX-A: Botulinm toxin type A.