title: Délorme's operation for rectal prolapse.
abstract: Between 1981 and 1988 inclusive, 22 patients with full-thickness rectal prolapse presenting to two surgeons in this hospital were treated using the Délorme operation. There was no mortality and morbidity was minimal. Twenty-one patients (95.5%) were cured of prolapse and 19 patients (86.4%) had normal anal sphincter function after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abulafi
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Fiddian
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rothwell-Jackson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation