Cun-Chuan Wang, Yi-Xing Ren, You-Zhu Hu, Jun Chen, Yun-Long Pan
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical practice of laparoscopic rectopexy in the treatment of severe rectal prolapse. METHODS: From March 1998 to February 2007, 4 cases of complete rectal prolapse, including 1 male and 3 female,ranged 21-82 years old, were treated by laparoscopic rectopexy. In one case, the posterior wall of rectum was freed and elevated, and pre-rectal introcession was closed by silk suture, then the posterior wall was suspended and fixed on sacral promontory fascia, finally the sigmoid colon was fixed by sutures on the fascia of left psoas major...
November 2007: Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke za Zhi, Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery