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Recurrent Rectal Prolapse. [PDF]
Clin Colon Rectal SurgAbstractSurgical correction is the primary treatment of external rectal prolapse. The likelihood that rectal prolapse will return is reported to be between 5 and 40% depending on a combination of technical and patient factors. In this review, we will present patient features as well as technical factors during index repair that have been shown to place
Naar L, Sheth V, Gurland B.
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Journal of British Surgery, 1980 Teflon sling repair of rectal prolapse appeals to us because it is relatively safe in patients who are often in an older age and at high risk. The Thiersch operation has been employed in a small number of patients with limited life expectancy. In our experience, major complications of the operation described by Ripstein have been late stricturing or ...
M R B Keighley, C M White, J J Price
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Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2011 Rectal prolapse is a condition that usually requires surgical intervention to correct. Abdominal and perineal approaches are well described in the literature. Abdominal approaches have traditionally been reserved for young healthy patients, but this has been challenged by perineal approaches with excellent outcomes.
Scott D, Goldstein, Pinckney J, Maxwell
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Bratislava Medical Journal, 2010 Abstract It is not so much the diagnosis that offers the surgeon a wide range of opportunities in the technical solutions of rectal prolapse. Currently there are at least 130 different techniques used in the surgical treatment of rectal prolapse and in fact none of these procedures has been shown most effective ...
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Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2007 Despite the innovation of more than 100 surgical procedures for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse, no one procedure is best and applicable to all patients. Traditionally, procedures have been divided into abdominal and perineal approaches. The application of the laparoscopic approach to colon and rectal disease has allowed an additional less ...
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Pediatric Rectal Prolapse [PDF]
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2018 AbstractRectal prolapse is a common and self-limiting condition in infancy and early childhood. Most cases respond to conservative management. Patients younger than 4 years with an associated condition have a better prognosis. Patients older than 4 years require surgery more often than younger children.
Rebecca M, Rentea, Shawn D, St Peter
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Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse [PDF]
Frontiers in Surgery, 2015 Ventral mesh rectopexy (VMR) is a recognized treatment for posterior compartment pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The aim of this review is to provide a synopsis of the evidence for biological mesh use in VMR, the most widely recognized surgical technique for posterior compartment POP.A systematic search of PubMed was conducted using the search terms "VMR,"
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Rectal prolapse : in search of the holy grail [PDF]
, 2017 The treatment of (internal and external) rectal prolapse (IRP/ERP), and its affiliated rectocele and enterocele, has become an increasingly important part of health care over the years. Although benign, rectal prolapse is associated with a myriad of debilitating symptoms including fecal incontinence, obstructed defecation syndrome and pelvic discomfort.
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