Aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid injection in the treatment of total rectal prolapse: early outcomes.
OBJECTIVE
No surgical method for repair of total rectal prolapse has been established as optimal. We describe a new technique that uses ALTA (aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid) injection as a simple perianal procedure for total rectal prolapse.


METHODS
Fourteen patients with total rectal prolapse were treated with sclerosing therapy by using ALTA injection. Via a perianal approach, 0.5 to 1 ml of ALTA solution was injected along a linear track into the submucosa at 30 to 80 different sites, totaling 20 to 60 ml.


RESULTS
All 14 patients treated with injection sclerotherapy were cured, with no intraoperative or postoperative complications. One patient required a repeat injection after two months to be cured. No exacerbation of constipation has resulted, and no stenosis has been evident on rectal examination. In seven of ten patients presenting with fecal incontinence, this complaint resolved after therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
ALTA sclerotherapy yielded satisfactory results in total rectal prolapse, causing no alteration in neurophysiology of bowel function. Injection sclerotherapy should be recommended as the first procedure for treatment of total rectal prolapse.
Hachiro
Yoshikazu
Y
Department of Proctology, Kunimoto Hospital, 1-7, Akebono, Asahikawa, Japan. yhachiro2004@yahoo.co.jp
Kunimoto
Masao
M
Abe
Tatsuya
T
Kitada
Masahiro
M
Ebisawa
Yoshiaki
Y
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000534:Alum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019841:Defecography; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008875:Middle Aged; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000628:therapy*; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013634:Tannins / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000534:Alum Compounds; D004338:Drug Combinations; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D013634:Tannins; C041524:aluminum sulfate