Background Rectal prolapse in elderly patients can cause considerable discomfort causing bleeding, itching, wet anus and tenesm. In older patients the gold standard treatment uses a perineal approach. Success obtained by using circular staplers in the treatment of internal prolapses, associated or not with haemorroids or obstructed defecation, may represent a new method of choice if applied wit...

BACKGROUND Infantile myofibromatosis is a rare mesenchymal disorder of infancy that can extensively involve the viscera including the gastrointestinal tract. CASE PRESENTATION In this report, an exceptional case of infantile myofibromatosis is described in which rectal prolapse and sigmoid colo-colonic intussusception were the initial presentations of colorectal involvement in a 2-month-old p...

A 37-year-old man presented to our hospital for early rectal cancer accompanied by mucosal prolapse syndrome. Biopsy confirmed an adenocarcinoma, and endoscopic ultrasonography indicated proximity to the dentate line but no submucosal invasion. The tumor was removed en bloc via endoscopic submucosal dissection without complications, and its margin was free of tumor cells. The total procedure du...

Rectal mucoceles are extremely rare with only a few cases reported. Most commonly they occur after colorectal surgeries for inflammatory bowel disease. Clinically, rectal mucoceles present with symptoms of compression of surrounding organs, and are well visualized by computer tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US). The treatment may involve drainage or surgical resection. We present a case of a rec...

Perineal procedures have higher recurrence and lower mortality rates than abdominal alternatives for the treatment of rectal prolapse. Presence of incarceration and strangulation also influences treatment choice. Perineal rectosigmoidectomy is one of the treatment options in patients with incarceration and strangulation, with low mortality and acceptable recurrence rates. This operation can be ...

CONTEXT Since anorectocele is usually associated with mucosa prolapse and/or rectal intussusceptions, it was developed a stapled surgical technique using one circular stapler. OBJECTIVE To report the results of Transanal Repair of Rectocele and Rectal Mucosectomy with one Circular Stapler (TRREMS procedure) in the treatment of anorectocele with mucosa prolapse in a prospective multicenter tri...

Between 1981 and 1988 inclusive, 22 patients with full-thickness rectal prolapse presenting to two surgeons in this hospital were treated using the Délorme operation. There was no mortality and morbidity was minimal. Twenty-one patients (95.5%) were cured of prolapse and 19 patients (86.4%) had normal anal sphincter function after the operation.

Introduction: many surgical techniques –both through the perineal and abdominal routes– have been described for the treatment of rectal prolapse. The aim of this work is to evaluate the clinical and functional outcome with Delorme’s perineal procedure. Patients and methods: twenty-one patients with complete rectal prolapse were studied from July 2000 to October 2005. Age, gender, anesthetic ris...

OBJECTIVE This multicenter study aims to assess long-term functional outcome, early and late (mesh-related) complications, and recurrences after laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy (LVR) for rectal prolapse syndromes in a large cohort of consecutive patients. BACKGROUND Long-term outcome data for prolapse repair are rare. A high incidence of mesh-related problems has been noted after transvag...