Management of acute incarcerated rectal prolapse.
Perineal excision was used to treat eight elderly patients with acute incarcerated prolapse: four showed signs of strangulation with areas of gangrene, six made an uneventful recovery without colostomy, and two developed anastomotic leak, needing diverting colostomy with a complete recovery. There were no mortalities. There were no recurrences of rectal prolapse.
Ramanujam
P S
PS
Department of Surgery, Walter O. Boswell Memorial Hospital, Sun City, Arizona.
Venkatesh
K S
KS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence