Complete Rectal Prolapse

Complete rectal prolapse--quo vadis?

Surgical Management of Complete Rectal Prolapse

through the anal canal. Precisely how a complete rectal prolapse develops is not thoroughly understood. Possible etiologies include a defect of the pelvic floor, redundant rectosigmoid colon, deep Douglas pouch, gender (female), psychiatric problems and nulliparity. Pathogenesis may involve a sliding hernia or a circumferential intussusception. Treatment of rectal prolapse can involve a variety...

Complete rectal prolapse--the results of Ivalon sponge rectopexy.

Forty-two patients with complete rectal prolapse have been treated using the Ivalon sponge rectopexy. There was no operative mortality in this series and only one complete recurrence after an average follow-up of more than 4 years. Pelvic sepsis occurred in one patient and required removal of the sponge. The majority of the patients were satisfied with the results of surgery, despite some remai...

Devadhar's operation for complete rectal prolapse: 25 years' experience.

BACKGROUND Numerous abdominal and perineal operations have been described for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse. We describe our results with Devadhar's rectopexy, which avoids dissection in the presacral space and hence may be expected to have a low risk of sexual and urinary disturbances. METHODS Case records of 72 consecutive patients (40 men), aged above 18 years, with complete re...

Complete Rectal Prolapse Treated by Ventro-Fixation of the Rectum

The patient, K. D., a Hindu, aged 32, a native of Chandbali, in Orissa, came to me on September 14th, 1894, with complete prolapse of his rectum. He was a house servant by occcupation, angl he stated that four years ago he noticed a slight extrusion of the bowel on defalcation ; this steadily increased in size. He was always able to replace the prolapse and retain it till the next call to stool...