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Gangrenous Rectal Prolapse: An Exceptional Complication

1Department of general surgery A Rabta hospital, Tunis, Tunisia 1007 Jabbari


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015, Vol. 3 No. 1, 16-17
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-1-6
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Cite this paper:
Maghrebi H, Slama H, Ayadi S, Ben Safta Y, Makni A, Rebai W, Daghfous A, Bedioui H, Chebbi F, Ksantini R, Fteriche F, Ammous A, Jouini M, Kacem MJ, Ben Safta.Z. Gangrenous Rectal Prolapse: An Exceptional Complication. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(1):16-17. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-1-6.

Correspondence to: Maghrebi  H, Department of general surgery A Rabta hospital, Tunis, Tunisia 1007 Jabbari. Email: houcine.maghrebi@gmail.com

Abstract

Incarceration rarely complicates rectal prolapse. Even more rarely, it becomes gangrenous, necessitating emergency surgery. We describe an extremely rare case of gangrenous rectal prolapse. The patient underwent emergency perineal proctosigmoidectomy, the Altemeier operation. The postoperative course was quite uneventful with an excellent final result. The successful treatment of this patient illustrates the value of the Altemeier procedure in the difficult and unusual case scenario of bowel incarceration complicated with gangrene.

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