Treatment of Rectovaginal Fistula Using Sphincteroplasty and Fistulectomy

Table 1

Clinical features and risk factors of birth-related trauma, inflammatory bowel disease, and previous failed operations of the rectovaginal fistula groups (means, standard deviations, and percentages).

Rectovaginal fistula group	Birth trauma ()	Inflammatory bowel disease ()	Previous failed operation ()
Age (years)	27.63 ± 7.17	36.33 ± 7.47	42 ± 9.08
Gravida	2.75 ± 1.90	1.67 ± 0.81	2.00 ± 1.00
Parity	1.63 ± 1.18	0.83 ± 0.40	1.20 ± 0.44
Maternal disease	Asthma (), Hashimoto thyroiditis (), diabetes mellitus ()	Crohn’s disease (), ulcerative colitis (), Behçet’s disease ()	Crohn’s disease (), SLE/Sjogren’s syndrome (), diabetes mellitus ()
Operation success	8/8 (100%)	5/6 (83.3%)	3/5 (60%)