ReviewJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2014
Rectal prolapse: an overview of clinical features, diagnosis, and patient-specific management strategies.
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- Surgical outcomes on health-related quality of life in rectal prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Pooled it
- Rectal prolapse as an initial presentation of colorectal cancer: a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison between perineal and abdominal approaches for the surgical treatment of recurrent external rectal prolapse: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- The First Evidence of Intermittent Rectal Prolapse in a Wild Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).Journal of medical primatology · 2026Article
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- Cost-effectiveness and patient-reported outcomes of combined versus isolated robotic rectal and pelvic organ prolapse repair: A multicentre prospective cohort study.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2026Article
- Laparoscopic and robotic ventral rectopexy for posterior compartment disorders: a multicentric study in a gynecological setting.Techniques in coloproctology · 2026Observational
- Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy with Transanal Specimen Extraction for Complete Rectal Prolapse: Retrospective Cohort Study of Functional Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The Levator Hiatus Area detected by 3D-TPUS as an indicator of rectal prolapse severity.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Article
- Benign lesions prolapsing through the anus: a differential diagnostic algorithm and evidence-based surgical management-a narrative review.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
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- Management of rectal prolapse in octogenarians: lesson learned in 13 years' experience from a high-volume center.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
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- Rectal Mucosal Prolapse Syndrome: MRI and Endoscopic Images Mimicking Crohn's Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Comparative Outcomes of Transabdominal and Transperineal Approaches for Full-Thickness Rectal Prolapse Repair: A Fourteen-Year Retrospective Study.Gastroenterology research · 2025Article
- Interpretable personalized surgical recommendation with joint consideration of multiple decisional dimensions.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Levatorplasty's role in rectal prolapse management for patients with wide pelvic hiatus: a cohort study.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- The Clinical Utility of Anorectal Manometry: A Review of Current Practices.Gastro hep advances · 2025Review
- Sudden rupture of recurrent rectal prolapse complicated by small intestine evisceration from anus: a case study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Rectal prolapse can present in a variety of forms and is associated with a range of symptoms including pain, incomplete evacuation, bloody and/or mucous rectal discharge, and fecal incontinence or constipation. Complete external rectal prolapse is characterized by a circumferential, full-thickness protrusion of the rectum through the anus, which may be intermittent or may be incarcerated and poses a risk of strangulation. There are multiple surgical options to treat rectal prolapse, and thus care should be taken to understand each patient's symptoms, bowel habits, anatomy, and pre-operative expectations. Preoperative workup includes physical exam, colonoscopy, anoscopy, and, in some patients, anal manometry and defecography. With this information, a tailored surgical approach (abdominal versus perineal, minimally invasive versus open) and technique (posterior versus ventral rectopexy +/- sigmoidectomy, for example) can then be chosen. We propose an algorithm based on available outcomes data in the literature, an understanding of anorectal physiology, and expert opinion that can serve as a guide to determining the rectal prolapse operation that will achieve the best possible postoperative outcomes for individual patients.
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