Salvage irrigation-suction in gracilis muscle repair of complex rectovaginal and rectourethral fistulas

Table 1 Comparison of SF-36 scores before and after gracilis muscle transposition for complex rectovaginal fistulas and rectourethral fistulas

Items	Preoperation (n = 18)		Postoperation (n = 18)		P value
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Physical functioning	65	25	95	5	< 0.001
Role limitations-physical	13	25	100	0	< 0.001
Body pain	52	36	90	9	< 0.001
General health	34	19	87	16	< 0.001
Vitality	50	16	90	6	< 0.001
Social functioning	44	25	100	16	< 0.001
Role limitation-emotional	17	33	100	0	0.001
Mental health	44	32	92	6	< 0.001

IQR: Interquartile range. 0: Poorest; 100: Best.

Table 2 SF-36 scores in the initial success group and the secondary success group after irrigation-suction

Items	Initial success group (n = 14)		Secondary success group (n = 4)		P value
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Physical functioning	95	8	95	4	0.277
Role limitation-physical	100	0	100	0	0.721
Body pain	90	16	90	5	0.645
General health	85	9	90	19	0.158
Vitality	90	15	88	13	0.798
Social functioning	100	28	100	9	0.505
Role limitation-emotional	100	0	100	0	0.721
Mental health	92	12	92	6	0.277

IQR: Interquartile range. 0: Poorest; 100: Best.