title: Rectal prolapse.
abstract: Optimal management of rectal prolapse requires multiple clinical considerations with respect to treatment options, particularly for surgeons who must counsel and give realistic expectations to rectal prolapse patients. Rectal prolapse outcomes are good with respect to recurrence. Although posterior rectopexy remains most popular in the United States, increasingly surgeons perform ventral rectopexy to repair rectal prolapse. Functional outcomes vary and are fair after rectal prolapse repair. Although incarceration with rectal prolapse is rare, it is potentially life threatening and requires immediate and effective measures to adequately address in the acute setting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. gmelton@umn.edu
authors.forename: Genevieve B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Melton
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kwaan
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012371:Robotics; D016896:Treatment Outcome