[Surgical treatment of rectal prolapse]

The experience with surgical treatment of rectal prolapse in 82 patients is presented. In stage I-II prolapse, the interventions on the external anal sphincter and prolapsing rectum are the operations of choice, and in stage III-IV-intraabdominal fixation of the rectum by the lavsan strip to the anterior longitudinal ligament of the vertebral column, the free ends of which are sutured to the lateral surfaces of the rectum. The incidence of recurrences of the disease was 2.9%.