A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices

Rectal prolapses are not life-threatening, however the bleeding and fecal incontinence associated with them significantly erode quality of life and can cause concern among patients’ caregivers in nursing homes. Many procedures have been reported that repair rectal prolapses, and the procedure used d...

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Main Authors:	Hata, Fumitake, Nishimori, Hidefumi, Ikeda, Shinichiro, Yajima, Tomomi, Nishio, Akihiko, Ishiyama, Yuji
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Language:	English
Published:	S. Karger AG 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934783/

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spelling	pubmed-39347832014-02-26 A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices Hata, Fumitake Nishimori, Hidefumi Ikeda, Shinichiro Yajima, Tomomi Nishio, Akihiko Ishiyama, Yuji Published online: January, 2014 Rectal prolapses are not life-threatening, however the bleeding and fecal incontinence associated with them significantly erode quality of life and can cause concern among patients’ caregivers in nursing homes. Many procedures have been reported that repair rectal prolapses, and the procedure used depends on the severity of the prolapse; however, the treatments are yet to be established. Here we report a simple and safe procedure to repair rectal prolapse perineally using stapling devices. We performed this procedure on 5 patients within a short time. All patients were followed up for over 24 months and none had any recurrences of their rectal prolapses. No complications occurred during the operations and postoperative periods. Most patients who have prolapses are elderly and fragile, so the treatment must be easy, safe, and rapid. While rectal prolapse is not life-threatening, the goal of treatment is to alleviate its symptoms. The procedure we describe is consistent with this concept. We suggest that this procedure, which uses surgical stapling devices, might be a better option for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse. We will continue to surgically correct complete rectal prolapses and investigate the long-term outcomes of the procedure. S. Karger AG 2014-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3934783/ /pubmed/24574948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000354970 Text en Copyright © 2014 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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author	Hata, Fumitake Nishimori, Hidefumi Ikeda, Shinichiro Yajima, Tomomi Nishio, Akihiko Ishiyama, Yuji
spellingShingle	Hata, Fumitake Nishimori, Hidefumi Ikeda, Shinichiro Yajima, Tomomi Nishio, Akihiko Ishiyama, Yuji A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices
author_facet	Hata, Fumitake Nishimori, Hidefumi Ikeda, Shinichiro Yajima, Tomomi Nishio, Akihiko Ishiyama, Yuji
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title	A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices
title_short	A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices
title_full	A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices
title_fullStr	A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices
title_full_unstemmed	A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices
title_sort	simple and safe procedure to repair rectal prolapse perineally using stapling devices
description	Rectal prolapses are not life-threatening, however the bleeding and fecal incontinence associated with them significantly erode quality of life and can cause concern among patients’ caregivers in nursing homes. Many procedures have been reported that repair rectal prolapses, and the procedure used depends on the severity of the prolapse; however, the treatments are yet to be established. Here we report a simple and safe procedure to repair rectal prolapse perineally using stapling devices. We performed this procedure on 5 patients within a short time. All patients were followed up for over 24 months and none had any recurrences of their rectal prolapses. No complications occurred during the operations and postoperative periods. Most patients who have prolapses are elderly and fragile, so the treatment must be easy, safe, and rapid. While rectal prolapse is not life-threatening, the goal of treatment is to alleviate its symptoms. The procedure we describe is consistent with this concept. We suggest that this procedure, which uses surgical stapling devices, might be a better option for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse. We will continue to surgically correct complete rectal prolapses and investigate the long-term outcomes of the procedure.
publisher	S. Karger AG
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A Simple and Safe Procedure to Repair Rectal Prolapse Perineally Using Stapling Devices

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