Perineal excision of rectal procidentia in elderly high-risk patients. A ten-year experience.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
This report presents a ten-year experience with perineal excision and posterior levator ani repair in elderly, high-risk patients with complete rectal procidentia. Seventy-two patients with rectal prolapse were treated with perineal excision. Nine presented with acute incarcerated rectal prolapse. Mortality, morbidity, recurrence rates, and improvement of anal continence were assessed. Recurrence rate was 5.5 percent. Improvement in anal continence was seen in 66.7 percent of patients. Morbidity and mortality was low. Perineal excision of rectal prolapse is safe and has a low recurrence rate. Posterior levator ani repair seems to improve anal continence.
Medical subject headings
- Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
- Fecal Incontinence
- Postoperative Complications
- Rectal Prolapse