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Cureus
November 2024
General Surgery, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Port Macquarie, AUS.
Anastomotic leakage is a well-understood major complication of colorectal surgery and carries significant implications for patient morbidity and mortality. However, an infected collection fistulating through an otherwise healthy colorectal anastomosis can mimic an anastomotic leak and warrants different management to a primary anastomotic leak. Such a presentation is undocumented in the current literature.
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November 2024
4th Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou", School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Background: Rectal prolapse (RP) predominantly affects women over the age of 50 and presents as mucosal, internal, or full thickness prolapse. Strangulated rectal prolapse requires immediate medical intervention, and surgical treatment options include both abdominal and perineal approaches. We aim to present a case series of perineal rectosigmoidectomy performed urgently due to strangulation and argue that Altemeier's procedure is the preferred method for treating strangulated rectal prolapse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Surg Case Rep
October 2024
Alioune Diop University Of Bambey, General Surgery Unit of Cheikh Ahmadoul Khadim Hospital in Touba, Diourbel, Senegal.
Introduction And Importance: Rectal prolapse is the protrusion of the rectum through the anus. It is a rare condition in young adults. Strangulation is rare but it's a serious complication imposing emergency surgery.
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March 2024
Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Centre, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA.
Langenbecks Arch Surg
December 2023
Department of General Surgery, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
Background: Rectal prolapse is a distressing condition for patients and no consensus exists on optimal surgical management. We compared outcomes of two common perineal operations (Delorme's and Altemeier's) used in the treatment of rectal prolapse.
Methods: A systematic search of multiple electronic databases was conducted.
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