Rectal Prolapse

Surgical Management

Surgical options for Full Thickness Prolapse

Sutured Rectopexy:

  • Constipation
  • General complications of laparoscopy/ laparotomy
  • Rectopexy suture: Recurrence, sacro-ileitis
  • Genito/urinary tract: Injury to bladder, ureters, vas deferens, female pelvic organs

Mesh Rectopexy : Case series in paediatric patients:

  1. Shalaby et al 2010, laparoscopic mesh rectopexy n=35
  2. Gomes-Ferreira et al 2015, laparoscopic modified Orr-Loygue n=8
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