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AN ABDOMINAL REPAIR FOR COMPLETE RECTAL PROLAPSE
Author(s) -
Cuthbertson A. M.,
Smith J. A.
Publication year - 1988
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.1445-2197.1988.tb06243.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rectal prolapse , general surgery , surgery , rectum
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.