To Evaluate and Explain the Consequences of Abnormal Anal Sphincter Morphology Using the 3-Dimensional Endosonography

Table 3

Extent of external sphincter defects, the number of cases, and the severity of symptoms.

External	Severity of FI symptoms
	Mild		Moderate		Severe		Total
		%		%		%		%
Full thickness tears	5	71.4	2	28.6	0	0.0	7	100.0
Partial thickness defect <25%	1	25.0	1	25.0	2	50.0	4	100.0
Partial thickness defect >25%	3	75.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	4	100.0
Total	9	60.0	3	20.0	3	20.0	15	100.0

= 5.48; value = 0.242 (>0.05—nonsignificant).