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This report describes a one-stage perineal operation for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse aimed at restoration of anal continence in addition to resection of the prolapsed segment of rectum. This procedure was performed on 25 patients, most of whom were elderly or debilitated, over the past three years without local or systemic complications. Significant improvement in continence was seen in 88 percent of the patients within four weeks of operation, and in the remainder of the patients, within three months postoperatively.
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Leela Prasad, M., Peari, R.K., Abcarian, H. et al. Perineal proctectomy, posterior rectopexy, and postanal levator repair for the treatment of rectal prolapse. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 547–552 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554250
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554250