Complete reconstruction of the natural anus in complicated rectal prolapse
Ecker, K.W.; Schmid, T.; Henneberger, G.; Feifel, G.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 62(1): 51
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 2026070 Document Number: 374450
In a 44-year old woman a severe case of prolapse of the rectum was complicated by complete incontinence and rectal stenosis. Continence was restored by colo-anal anastomosis between an oral smooth-muscle-plasty and the anal skin introduced in a newly created anal canal by a distal voluntary muscle-plasty. The successfully applied one-stage technique in reestablishing non-voluntary and voluntary muscular continence is described in detail.