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Dis Colon Rectum
January 2025
Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders, Department of Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Background: Ventral rectopexy has become increasingly utilized in the surgical management of rectal prolapse. There is a need for a contemporary evaluation of the role of the procedure and description of its use in clinical practice.
Objective: To create an international consensus on ventral rectopexy.
Dis Colon Rectum
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Background: Minimally invasive ventral rectopexy has widely become the preferred prolapse procedure. However there have been recent concerns regarding the safety of permanent synthetic mesh in the pelvis. Biologic grafts have also been commonly used as an alternative prosthesis, but data on their safety and the longevity of the prolapse repair have been lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Although surgery is the most effective treatment for rectal prolapse, a risk of recurrence reported in literature is 6-27%. The aim of this meta-analysis is to compare the abdominal and perineal approach for surgical treatment of recurrent external rectal prolapse.
Methods: A systematic search of PubMed and Embase was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.
Cureus
December 2024
Pediatrics, A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, Mesa, USA.
In the absence of preexisting conditions, rectal prolapse is rarely seen in children older than four years old. This case report presents a peculiar instance involving a previously healthy five-year-old female who presented to the clinic with her parents due to a three-day history of constipation, hard stools, and painful defecation. Physical examination revealed a rectal prolapse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt Urogynecol J
January 2025
Department of Paediatrics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed-to-be-University), Pimpri, Pune, 411018, Maharashtra, India.
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