Incarcerated Rectal Procidentia: A Case Report and Review
Abdulqader M Albeladi1, Ahmad Odeh2, Aminah H AlAli2
1General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Prince Saud Bin Jalawy Hospital, Al Ahsa, SAU.
Abstract:
Rectal procidentia is an uncommon perineal disease that is rare in males. There is no specific medical role in treatment of rectal procidentia and surgical intervention is the treatment of choice. Various surgical approaches have been performed, but there is no consensus on which procedure is most effective in terms of patient condition, recurrence rate, bowel function, and risk. This case presentation of a healthy male patient with experience of uncomplicated reducible rectal prolapse and a history of chronic constipation. Presented with complicated rectal prolapse in the presence of incarcerated rectal prolapse after a failed trial with conservative maneuvers, he ended up with abdominal approach sigmoidectomy and posterior mesh rectopexy.
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