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

Table 4

Relationship between isolated or combined sphincteric defects and the severity of FI symptoms.

Sphincter defects	Severity of FI symptoms
	Mild		Moderate		Severe		Total
		%		%		%		%
IAS only	9	75.0	0	0.0	3	25.0	12	100.0
EAS only	9	60.0	3	20.0	3	20.0	15	100.0
Combined IAS and EAS	0	0.0	2	25.0	6	75.0	8	100.0
Total	18	51.4	5	14.3	12	34.3	35	100.0

; value = 0.010 (<0.05—significant).