2013
DOI: 10.5455/2320-1770.ijrcog20130629
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Rare case of huge rectal and uterovaginal prolapse

Abstract: A case of combined genital prolapse and rectal prolapse in a 60-year-old multipara is reported. The treatment of mixed prolapse remains surgical and should be treated the genital prolapse by vaginal hysterectomy with pelvic floor repair and the rectal prolapse by means of the Delorme operation. The mortality and morbidity rates are zero if this operation is used and the relapse rate is only 8 to 11% for the rectal prolapse. It would appear that the two approaches are rarely associated by the authors and would … Show more

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“…The peak incidence is after the fifth decade in the adult population with women being more commonly affected, representing 80-90% of patients with rectal prolapse 3 . Rectal prolapse may be seen in pregnancy, bulimia nervosa, combined genital prolapse and rectal prolapsed infantile myofibromatosis and condyloma acumnita or giant villous adenoma of rectum [4][5][6][7] . A very long and mobile rectum with normal anatomy of perineum is present in young adults with full-thickness rectal prolapse 8 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The peak incidence is after the fifth decade in the adult population with women being more commonly affected, representing 80-90% of patients with rectal prolapse 3 . Rectal prolapse may be seen in pregnancy, bulimia nervosa, combined genital prolapse and rectal prolapsed infantile myofibromatosis and condyloma acumnita or giant villous adenoma of rectum [4][5][6][7] . A very long and mobile rectum with normal anatomy of perineum is present in young adults with full-thickness rectal prolapse 8 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%