The aim of this study is to remark some clinical characteristics of complete rectal prolapsus and to discuss on some clinical aspect of direct abdominal rectopexy in adult. Method: from 1992 to 2000, 21 patients experienced direct abdominal rectopexy for treatment of complete rectal prolapsus, 18 males and 3 females, 2 cases with strangulated complete rectal prolapsus. Results: the onset age widely ranged from less than 5 to more than 18 depending on pathogenetic factors. The average intervals from onset of the disease to the time they met their doctors for surgical treatment from onset of disease to the time they met their doctors surgical treatment is 11.3 years. Preliminarily, the direct abdominal rectopexy have good early postoperative results, with no operation-related mortality and morbidity, no recurrence. However, this study needs longer follow up to access the long outcome of the long outcome of the operation on anal function and risk of recurrence
Rectal Prolapse ; Therapeutics