Gracilis muscle flap was used to treat a seven year old boy with a one year history of recurrent rectal prolapse. Initial perineal surgery in form of Thiersch stitch resulted into failure to control rectal prolapse and damage to anal sphincter. Graciloplasty corrected both problems.

Using a posterior repair and rectal suspension procedure for those patients who need surgical treatment of rectal prolapse, we have treated 46 patients over a period of 17 years at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. One patient with caudal dysgenesis died of multiple congenital anomalies following two unsuccessful attempts at posterior repair and suspension. Four patients developed a...

The aim of the study was analysis of an anal sphincter function in patients before and after surgery for rectal prolapse. Material and methods. Between 1987 and 2005, 49 patients underwent operations for rectal prolapse. The anal sphincter function was analyzed in 17 of these patients. Abdominal approach surgery was performed in 13 patients; this involved rectopexy in 11 and sigmorectal resecti...

Introduction Rectal prolapse is the complete protrusion of rectum through anal canal. Incarceration rarely complicates rectal prolapse. Even more rarely, it becomes strangled and gangrenous, necessitating emergency surgery. Case presentation We report an extremely rare case strangulated acute as first manifestation The patient was a 26-year-old man who presented on admission 20 × 6 cm semispher...

Risk factors Increased intra-abdominal pressure eg, constipation, diarrhoea, benign prostatic hypertrophy, pregnancy, severe or chronic cough (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, whooping cough). [4] Previous surgery. [5] Pelvic floor dysfunction. [6] Parasitic infections eg, amoebiasis, schistosomiasis. [7] Neurological disease eg, previous lower back or pelvic trauma, ...

Risk factors Increased intra-abdominal pressure eg, constipation, diarrhoea, benign prostatic hypertrophy, pregnancy, severe or chronic cough (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, whooping cough). [4] Previous surgery. [5] Pelvic floor dysfunction. [6] Parasitic infections eg, amoebiasis, schistosomiasis. [7] Neurological disease eg, previous lower back or pelvic trauma, ...

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 invasive method of therapy to treat rectal pr...

UNLABELLED Recurrent rectal prolapse, resistant to medical treatment, is an indication for surgical treatment. Patients with spinal dysraphia frequently have already been treated by sclerotherapy or other surgical techniques, but unsuccessfully. METHODS We present 2 patients, who underwent laparoscopic rectopexy, with spinal dysraphia and complete rectal prolapse relapse after conservative tr...

Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is a rare, benign disorder in children that usually presents with rectal bleeding, constipation, mucous discharge, prolonged straining, tenesmus, lower abdominal pain, and localized pain in the perineal area. The underlying etiology is not well understood, but it is secondary to ischemic changes and trauma in the rectum associated with paradoxical contracti...

A 57 year old woman, with no known allergies, a history of excessive alcohol consumption and a previous diagnosis of compensated alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, was admitted because of intermittent rectal bleeding and severe anaemia ( Hb: 5 gr/dl). Physical examination showed a large rectal prolapse (Fig 1). After reducing the prolapse, a colonoscopy was performed and no other abnormalities w...