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7978760

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
21 patients (19 women) who underwent rectal prolapse repair were prospectively studied. At the one year follow-up, 6 of the eleven incontinent patients (54 per cent) regained full continence and while three of the remaining 5 patients improved they still referred occasional imperfection of continence. Resting anal pressure and maximal squeeze pressure were both significantly lower in the five patients who remained incontinent, 23 (17-31) mm Hg vs 50 (31-52) mm Hg (p < = 0.02) and 52 (17-75) mm Hg vs 108 (89-110) mm Hg (p < = 0.02), respectively. Moreover the manometric results showed evidence that in patients who remained incontinent, the anal pressure in response to rectal distention, was significantly lower than patients who regained continence (p < = 0.05) both before and after operation. We conclude that incontinent patients with rectal prolapse who exhibit a markedly low minimal residual anal pressure on recto-anal reflex inhibition are less likely to improve after rectopexy and that this preoperative test may be a useful predictor.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-469X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
183-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Abdominal rectopexy in the treatment of rectal prolapse: how to foresee the functional result].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Patologia Chirurgica, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università di Verona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract