Khubchandani’s procedure combined with stapled posterior rectal wall resection for rectocele

Table 1 Patients’ clinical characteristics

	n/mean ± SD
	KSPRWR	STARR
Age (yr)	46.59 ± 9.41	50.38 ± 15.86
Gender	Female	Female
Combined with rectal prolapse	23	24
History of disease (yr)	2.35 ± 0.93	2.20 ± 1.11
Procedure (in final analysis)	34	37
Operative time (min)	41.47 ± 6.43	39.24 ± 6.53
Estimated blood loss (mL)	10.91 ± 2.52	10.14 ± 1.86
Hospital stay (d)	3.15 ± 0.70	3.14 ± 0.54

KSPRWR: Khubchandani’s procedure with stapled posterior rectal wall resection; STARR: Stapled transanal rectal resection.