Enterocele Reduction in the Prone Position: New Horizons for Safer Stapled Transanal Rectal Resections.

CONCLUSION: Complete enterocele reduction in the prone position during FD was highly statistically significant. This finding may safely eliminate enterocele as a contraindication to STARR. These results suggest that a projection in the prone position should be added to the standard sequence obtained during FD for patients who may be eligible for a transanal surgical approach. Validation studies are needed to assess whether this change can lead to lower enterocele-related complications in STARR. PMID: 30500977 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Surgical Technology International - Category: Surgery Tags: Surg Technol Int Source Type: research