title: Management of rectal prolapse in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
abstract: Complete rectal prolapse is uncommon in adults. Out of 129,525 patients treated at our teaching hospital over a five-year period, only 29 patients were managed with complete rectal prolapse. The total mean-age was 52 years with an approximate 1:2 male-female ratio. Two of the patients had their prolapse for 16 years before presentation. Major clinical features included constipation, diarrhoea, soiling and rectal bleeding. 51.72% of the cases had partial to complete incontinence of faeces. 22 patients were treated with the simple technique posterior fixation of both rectum and sigmoid colon. Follow-up was from 6 months to 4 years, mortality was 3.44%. There had been no recurrences of the complete rectal prolapse to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Akinola
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Agbakwuru
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*