Treatment of complete prolapse of the rectum by the vaginal approach

Complete prolapse of the rectum is essentially an enterocele which emerges through the anus as a sliding hernia of the rectum. In women, this condition can be operated radically by a simple technique which causes only little stress to the patient, entirely in conformity with the principles of the hernia operation, as advocated by Graham (Ann. Surg., 1942, 115 (1007), by the abdominal approach.