Rectal prolapse medical therapy

Rectal prolapse cannot be corrected nonoperatively, although some of the symptoms associated with this condition can be reduced medically. Nonoperative treatments of rectal prolapse such as medications reducing edema, correction of constipation, exercises straining the perineum are helpful.

Rectal prolapse cannot be corrected nonoperatively, although some of the symptoms associated with this condition (such as fecal incontinence, pain, and constipation) can be reduced by medical therapy.^[1]

In addition, most patients are elderly and general performance status is poor. In these cases nonoperative treatments such as medications reducing edema, correction of constipation, exercises straining the perineum, electric simulation, injection of a sclerosing agent, or rubber band ligation are helpful especially during the acute phase.^[2]

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