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CONCEALED RECTAL PROLAPSE
Author(s) -
Cuthbertson A. M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb06644.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rectal prolapse , surgery , general surgery , rectum
In a series of 97 patients with rectal prolapse 36 were unaware that the prolapse was occurring. Failure to recognize the prolapse may cause delay in diagnosis and inappropriate treatment. In most instances the prolapse was considered to be primary and responded well to surgical repair; however, in a few patients the prolapse seemed to follow prolonged straining, and in these surgical repair is not so successful.