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

Table 2

Distribution of various surgical treatments by age, comparing recurrence rates.

			0–3 months old		>3 months old
	Treatment		Treated	Recurrences	Treated	Recurrences	value
				(%)		(%)
Surgical incision and drainage			26	12 (46)	58	11 (19)	0.002
	Without searching for a fistula		16	10 (63)	19	6 (32)	0.095
	With searching for a fistula		10	2 (20)	39	5 (13)	0.620
		Negative findings	3	1 (33)	12	3 (25)
		Positive findings; fistulotomies done	7	1 (14)	27	2 (7)

Fisher’s exact test (two tailed).