Treatment with oestrogen or manual separation for labial adhesions – initial outcome and long-term follow-up

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Comparison of outcome after different treatment lengths with topical oestrogen: 1–4 weeks compared with > 4 weeks.

Treatment length	Total number of treatments	Number of initial successful treatments	Number of recurrences	Final success rate	Final success rate p-value^a
Oestrogen 1–4 weeks	48	24 (50)	5 (21)	19 (39)	0.369
Oestrogen > 4 weeks	37	19 (51)	7 (37)	12 (32)	0.369
No information	45	35 (78)	20 (57)	15 (33)
All	130	78	32	46 (35)

^aFisher’s exact test, two tailed The final successful outcome is compared statistically n = number (%)

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