Comparison of four surgical approaches for rectal prolapse: multicentre randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: Several different procedures have been described for surgical treatment of rectal prolapse and consensus on the optimal approach has not been reached. The Swedish Rectal Prolapse Trial was performed with the aim to compare the outcomes after the most common surgical approaches to rectal prolapse. A multicentre randomized trial was conducted from 2000 to 2009. Patients were randomized between a perineal or an abdominal approach for correction of rectal prolapse (randomization A) if eligible for any procedures. Patients considered unsuitable for random allocation were only included in randomizations B or C. Patients in randomization B (perineal group) were randomized to Delorme's or Altemeier's procedures and those in randomization C (abdominal group) to suture rectopexy or resection rectope

SUBMITTER: Smedberg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8769527 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature