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Complete prolapse of the rectum treated by modified Orr operation

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

During a 25-year period 24 patients were treated for complete rectal prolapse with a modification of the operation described by Orr in 1947. After a median follow-up of five years two recurrences occurred (8 per cent). Of 11 patients who were incontinent for fluid feces or flatus preoperatively, five gained continence after the operation. An actuarial analysis of the data revealed a cure rate after five years of 91 per cent (95 per cent confidence limits: 76–100 per cent).

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  1. Department of Surgery D, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhangen, DK-2600, Copenhagen, Denmark

    John Christiansen Ph.D., M.D. & Preben Kirkegaard M.D.

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Christiansen, J., Kirkegaard, P. Complete prolapse of the rectum treated by modified Orr operation. Dis Colon Rectum 24, 90–92 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02604293

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