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SUBMITTER: van Iersel JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4886373 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
van Iersel Jan J JJ Paulides Tim J C TJ Verheijen Paul M PM Lumley John W JW Broeders Ivo A M J IA Consten Esther C J EC
World journal of gastroenterology 20160601 21
External and internal rectal prolapse with their affiliated rectocele and enterocele, are associated with debilitating symptoms such as obstructed defecation, pelvic pain and faecal incontinence. Since perineal procedures are associated with a higher recurrence rate, an abdominal approach is commonly preferred. Despite the description of greater than three hundred different procedures, thus far no clear superiority of one surgical technique has been demonstrated. Ventral mesh rectopexy (VMR) is ...[more]