Ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract and its modification: Results from treatment of complex fistula

Table 3 Results

	LIFT	LIFT PLUS	P vaule
Operative time	37.67 ± 17.40	44.00 ± 14.29	0.400
(mean ± SD, min) (range)	(20-75)	(25-90)
Healing rate	81%	85%	0.529
Postoperative incontinence
Clinical	A	A
WIS	0	0
Postoperative complications			0.520
Headache	0	0
Urinary retention	0	0
Bleeding (minor)	0	1
Anal fissure	1	1
Difficulty in defecating	0	0
Wound healing time (median, wk )	4	4	0.262
Follow up (median, wk) (range)	18 (12-22)	20 (12-24)
Time to recurrence (median , wk)	10	12	0.354
Recurrence cases n (%)
High-transsphincteric	4 (19)	3 (15)
Horseshoe-transsphincteric	0 (0)	0 (0)
Suprasphincteric	0 (0)	0 (0)
Anterior low-transsphincteric in females	0 (0)	0 (0)
Re-operation	3	3

WIS: Wexner incontinence score.