Nonresectional and Resectional Rectopexy Donato F. Altomare Pierpaolo Sileri INTRODUCTION Full-thickness rectal prolapse (FTRP) is a disabling condition, well known since ancient times, which, unlike hemorrhoids, can affect also four-footed…
Abdominal Rectopexy: Hand Assisted Edward Borrazzo Neil H. Hyman INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Rectal prolapse may cause considerable life-altering disability including bleeding, pain, and fecal incontinence. Numerous remedial operations have been described, with…
Robotic Rectopexy Colette Inaba Alessio M. Pigazzi INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Indications Rectopexy may be indicated for full-thickness external rectal prolapse or, much less commonly, for internal rectal prolapse with significant functional complaints….
Laparoscopic Rectopexy Howard M. Ross Cindy Wu INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Laparoscopic rectopexy is an important technique for the treatment of rectal prolapse. The procedure can be combined with sigmoid resection or performed…
Open Resection Rectopexy Christina V. Warner Anders Mellgren OPEN RESECTION RECTOPEXY The majority of patients affected by external rectal prolapse are women. The primary symptom is a full-thickness prolapse of…
Open Rectopexy Surgery for Rectal Prolapse Laurence R. Sands Jean A. Knapps INTRODUCTION Rectal prolapse remains a relatively rare colorectal problem that affects women more often than men. There have…
Hand-Assisted Hartmann’s Reversal John P. Ricci David E. Rivadeneira INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Indication The benefits of laparoscopic techniques in colon and rectal surgery have been extensively reported and discussed. Shorter hospital stay,…
Laparoscopic Colostomy Reversal Floriano Marchetti Debbie Bakes In 1923, Henry Hartmann introduced the concept of colonic resection, end colostomy, and rectal stump for the treatment of cancers of the distal…
Open Hartmann’s Reversal Roberta L. Muldoon HARTMANN’S REVERSAL The majority of diseases of the colon can be managed with a single-stage procedure. There are, however, still circumstances in which the…
Parastomal Hernia: Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair Samuel Szomstein Aaron Lee INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Parastomal hernia (PSH) occurs after colorectal surgery that requires either an end ostomy or protective stoma after a resection,…