A Chinese man suffered a severe instance of rectal prolapse after he sat on a toilet for half an hour while playing games on his cellphone, according to reports. The Daily Mail reports that the ...

Changes in diet are usually enough to improve or reverse a prolapse of the lining of the rectum (partial prolapse). Courtesy photo For as long as he can remember, part of Alfred Okumu’s rectum comes ...

At Sulaimani Teaching Hospital (STH), we received 30 patients between the years 2005 and 2011. All had history of full-thickness rectal prolapse for at least 12 months period. The topography of the ...

Rectal prolapse is a condition in which the rectum (the lower end of the large intestine) falls from its normal position within the body and comes out through the anus. According to doctors, people ...

Constipation and diarrhea can cause rectal pressure that may be relieved with OTC medicines or dietary changes. Adding fiber ...

Prolapse is a common medical condition that occurs when the structures designed to keep organs in place weaken or stretch, causing them to literally “fall out of place.” The term can be used to ...

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when the muscles and tissues supporting organs in the pelvic region, such as the bladder, uterus, or rectum, weaken, causing one or more of these organs to shift downward ...

There is not much evidence about how well this procedure works or how safe it is for internal rectal prolapse. This procedure can be used but only when patients have regular checks to see how well it ...

A repair procedure isn’t necessary for everyone who develops a rectocele, but it may be the treatment of choice when symptoms can’t be managed conservatively. A rectocele is a type of pelvic organ ...

Our objective in this paper is to present a novel procedure, which is a perineal approach in treating full-thickness rectal prolapse for all the age-groups. It can be performed as a day-case procedure ...