Excisional hemorrhoidal surgery and its effect on anal continence

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of hemorrhoid patients

Variables	Values
Age (yr)1	44 (22-72)
Gender (male/female)	33/43
Chief complaints, n (%)
Prolapse	32 (42.1)
Anal bleeding	55 (72.3)
Anal pain	12 (15.8)
Constipation	17 (25.4)
Hemorrhoids stage, n (%)
Third-degree	39 (51.3)
Fourth-degree	37 (48.7)
Resected piles (n)2	2.4 ± 0.3
Disease duration (yr)2	3.6 ± 1.1

¹Data are median (range);

²Data are means ± SD.

Table 2 Results of liquid continence test before and after hemorrhoidectomy and Wexner score assessments (mean)

	Liquid continence test (pre-operation) (mL)	Liquid continence test (post-operation) (mL)	P value	Wexner score (pre-operation)	Wexner score (post-operation)	P value
Total patients	1130.61 ± 78.35	991.27 ± 42.77	0.057	1.68 ± 0.13	2.10 ± 0.17	0.064
Group A (n = 17)	858.24 ± 32.01	574.18 ± 60.28	0.011	2.71 ± 0.30	3.58 ± 0.40	0.003
Group B (n = 26)	977.96 ± 15.96	927.31 ± 53.23	0.061	1.89 ± 0.15	2.11 ± 0.19	0.179
Group C (n = 33)	1391.21 ± 16.95	1257.79 ± 51.53	0.124	0.98 ± 0.11	1.34 ± 0.19	0.123