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Table 2 Incidence of postoperative complications

From: Modified rubber band ligation for treatment of grade II/III hemorrhoids: clinical efficacy and safety evaluation—a retrospective study

The evaluation index

Modified RBL group (149)

Conventional RBL group (125)

Statistics

P values

Total recurrence (cases/%)

8 (5.4)

17 (13.6)

5.55

0.02

Grade II recurrent hemorrhoids (cases/%)

1 (1.8)

2 (2.4)

0.76

0.39

Grade III hemorrhoid recurrence (cases/%)

7 (7.5)

15 (17.9)

4.33

0.04

Massive bleeding (cases/%)

0

5

-

0.02

Postoperative pain VAS

    

 After 3 days

3.5 ± 2.7

3.1 ± 3.3

0.27

0.14

 7 days after

1.4 ± 1.2

1.3 ± 1.4

0.52

0.26

Anal edema (cases/%)

    

 After 3 days

33 (22.1)

39 (26.9)

0.90

0.34

 7 days after

11 (7.4)

11 (8.8)

0.19

0.67

Sensation of prolaps (cases /%)

    

 After 3 days

34 (22.8)

26 (20.8)

0.16

0.69

 7 days after

13 (8.7)

9 (7.2)

0.22

0.64

Discharged within 24 h

92 (61.7)

37 (29.6)

28.20

 < 0.01

HDSS at the third month

1.8 ± 1.1

1.9 ± 1.4

0.67

0.51

HDSS at the 12th month

1.7 ± 0.8

1.8 ± 1.1

0.87

0.39

SHS at the third month

5.9 ± 1.7

6.2 ± 1.9

1.37

0.17

SHS at the 12th month

5.7 ± 1.0

5.9 ± 1.9

1.06

0.29