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01-02-2009 | Letter

Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for obstructed defecation syndrome

Authors: Niels Wijffels, Chris Cunningham, Ian Lindsey

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 2/2009

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Surgery for obstructed defecation (OD) caused by internal rectal prolapse has suffered a bad reputation. A classical posterior rectopexy, shown to denervate the autonomic supply of the rectum [1, 2], worsens constipation for 50% of patients and has been abandoned [3]. The novel nerve-sparing laparoscopic anterior or ventral rectopexy, which improves constipation in cased of external prolapse [4], may alter the way internal rectal prolapse is managed. …

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Title: Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for obstructed defecation syndrome
Authors: Niels Wijffels
Chris Cunningham
Ian Lindsey
Publication date: 01-02-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-0192-6

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