However, our comparative results did not reach statistical significance, and statistically, both techniques had comparable recurrence, early, and long-term complications.
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Comparative Outcomes of Transabdominal and Transperineal Approaches for Full-Thickness Rectal Prolapse Repair: A Fourteen-Year Retrospective Study.
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However, some studies suggested a lower recurrence rate with the abdominal approach, and our results also showed a trend favoring a lower recurrence rate for this procedure [ 18 , 19 ].
Thirty-day postoperative complications and recurrence rates were comparable between the two approaches, with a nonsignificant trend favoring the transabdominal approach (30-day postoperative complication and recurrence risk ratios (95% confidence interval (CI)): 0.67 (0.06, 7.65) and 0.62 (0.11, 3.53), respectively).