AN ABDOMINAL REPAIR FOR COMPLETE RECTAL PROLAPSE
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 58 (6) , 499-503
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb06243.x
Abstract
A modified sling rectopexy to the sacrum was performed in a series of 104 patients with complete rectal prolapse during 1975–86. A sling of mersilene mesh was sutured to the front of the sacrum and to the sides of the rectum without enclosing its anterior surface. A postoperative mortality of 2% and morbidity of 23% were found. Control of the prolapse was achieved in over 90% of cases and the continence rate rose from a pre‐operative level of 37% to 86% postoperatively. This form of abdominal repair is an effective method of correcting complete rectal prolapse in the majority of cases.Keywords
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