Outcomes of Various Interventions for First-Time Perianal Abscesses in Children

Table 1

Comparison of recurrences (frequency) after various treatments of first-time perianal abscesses in children. Median patient age: 0.5 years (range: 0–15 years).

	Treatment		Treated	Recurrences; (%)	value
Conservative treatment			28	7 ()	1
Surgical incision and drainage			84	23 ()
	Without searching for a fistula		35	16 ()	0.003
	With searching for a fistula		49	7 ()
		No fistula found	15	4 ()	0.179
		Fistulotomy	34	3 ()

Fisher’s exact probability test (two tailed).