An alternative management for high‐risk patients with rectal prolapse

Abstract

An anal plug for rectal prolapse is an alternative in high-risk patients or during the time before surgical treatment.

Rectal Prolapse Repair with Abdominal Fixation Under Sedation and Local or Epidural Anesthesia: Prospective Pilot Study in 10 Elderly Subjects

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6 The treatment of full-thickness RP is surgical. There are >100 different procedures described in the literature, divided roughly into abdominal and perineal approaches.…”

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6…”

Rectal Prolapse Repair with Abdominal Fixation Under Sedation and Local or Epidural Anesthesia: Prospective Pilot Study in 10 Elderly Subjects

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6 The treatment of full-thickness RP is surgical. There are >100 different procedures described in the literature, divided roughly into abdominal and perineal approaches.…”

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6…”

Surgical options and trends in treating rectal prolapse: long-term results in a 19-year follow-up study

“…Although non-surgical therapies have been proposed, amongst others the use of anal plug [6], they have not met with success, and only surgery can significantly alleviate the condition.…”

Rectal Prolapse Repair with Abdominal Fixation Under Sedation and Local or Epidural Anesthesia: Prospective Pilot Study in 10 Elderly Subjects

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6 The treatment of full-thickness RP is surgical. There are >100 different procedures described in the literature, divided roughly into abdominal and perineal approaches.…”

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6…”

Surgical options and trends in treating rectal prolapse: long-term results in a 19-year follow-up study

“…Although non-surgical therapies have been proposed, amongst others the use of anal plug [6], they have not met with success, and only surgery can significantly alleviate the condition.…”

Rectal Prolapse Repair with Abdominal Fixation Under Sedation and Local or Epidural Anesthesia: Prospective Pilot Study in 10 Elderly Subjects

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6 The treatment of full-thickness RP is surgical. There are >100 different procedures described in the literature, divided roughly into abdominal and perineal approaches.…”

“…2,5 Nonsurgical approaches such as dietary change, improvement of constipation and diarrhea, and use of nonsurgical devices such as the anal plug have been proposed but do not work. 6…”

Surgical options and trends in treating rectal prolapse: long-term results in a 19-year follow-up study

“…Although non-surgical therapies have been proposed, amongst others the use of anal plug [6], they have not met with success, and only surgery can significantly alleviate the condition.…”