Treatment of Rectovaginal Fistula Using Sphincteroplasty and Fistulectomy

Table 2

Clinical features of the patients who underwent operation before and after the year 2000 (medians, minimum-maximum values, and percentages together with the values).

Time period	Before 2000 ()	2000 and later ()	value
Age (years)	26 (18 to 38)	36 (27 to 50)	0.016
Gravida	2 (1 to 6)	2 (1 to 3)	0.338
Parity	1 (1 to 4)	1 (0 to 2)	0.203
Previous RVF operation (%)	0/8 (0%)	5/11 (45.5%)	0.026
Maternal autoimmune disease (%)	2/8 (25%)	11/11 (100%)	<0.001
Birth trauma (%)	8/8 (100%)	2/11 (18.2%)	<0.001
Operation success (%)	8/8 (100%)	8/11 (72.7%)	0.107
Diabetes (%)	2/8 (25%)	3/11 (27.2%)	0.719

RVF: Rectovaginal fistula.