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Sucrose as an aid to manual reduction of incarcerated rectal prolapse
W M Coburn1, M A Russell, W L Hofstetter
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, USA.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|September 1, 1997
Abstract:
Incarcerated rectal prolapse is a potential surgical emergency. We report a case in which a simple but effective technique involving the desiccating effect of granulated sugar (sucrose) was used to aid the manual reduction of prolapsed but viable rectal tissue.