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Table 7 Comparison between With Levatorplasty and Without Levatorplasty in Ventral Mesh Rectopexy operation

From: Levatorplasty’s role in rectal prolapse management for patients with wide pelvic hiatus: a cohort study

Rectopexy operation

With levatorplasty

Without levatorplasty

Test value‡

P-value

Sig.

No. = 10

No. = 10

Wexner Pre

Median (IQR)

16 (14–18)

16 (8–17)

-0.499

0.618

NS

Range

8–20

3–20

Wexner Post

Median (IQR)

0 (0–3)

3 (0–8)

-1.096

0.273

NS

Range

0–16

0–19

Willcoxon Rank test

-2.673

-2.375

   

P-value

0.008 (HS)

0.018 (S)

Mean post-operative pain

4.2 ± 1.55

4.3 ± 1.49

 

0.8

NS

Dyspareunia

2

1

 

0.5

NS

Recurrence

1

2

 

0.5

NS

Mean operative time

58. ± 12.29

52.3 ± 5.1

 

0.19

NS