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  2. Ventral rectopexy - Wikipedia

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    When defecography is performed on healthy volunteers, internal rectal prolapse (rectal intussusception) is detected in about 50-60% of cases. [22] Therefore, symptom severity and the impact on quality of life for the individual are more important factors for surgeons when they are considering this type of surgery.

  3. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons - Wikipedia

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    The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), formerly the American Proctologic Society, is a professional society for surgeons specializing in colorectal surgery. It is one of the oldest surgical societies, having been established in 1899.

  4. Rectal prolapse - Wikipedia

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    A rectal prolapse occurs when walls of the rectum have prolapsed to such a degree that they protrude out of the anus and are visible outside the body. [2] However, most researchers agree that there are 3 to 5 different types of rectal prolapse, depending on whether the prolapsed section is visible externally, and whether the full or only partial thickness of the rectal wall is involved.

  5. Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Rectopexy is a surgery for rectal prolapse. [3] A newer version of the procedure is termed ventral mesh rectopexy, which has also been used for SRUS. [14] It may be performed with or without anterior resection (removal of a portion of the front wall of the rectum). [9] A mesh may be used to reinforce the anterior rectal wall. [8]

  6. OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital - Wikipedia

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    OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital is the largest member hospital of OhioHealth, a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system located in Columbus, Ohio.. As a regional tertiary care hospital, Riverside Methodist is host to a number of specialty centers and services, including Neuroscience and Stroke, Heart and Vascular, Maternity and Women's Health, Cancer Care, Trauma Center II, Hand ...

  7. Mount Carmel Health System - Wikipedia

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    The company employs over 8,200 staff and 1,920 physicians in their outpatient facilities and four hospitals. [citation needed] Mount Carmel East opened in 1972 near Reynoldsburg. [1]

  8. Colorectal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon. [1] The field is also known as proctology , but this term is now used infrequently within medicine and is most often employed to identify practices relating to the anus and rectum in particular.

  9. Prolapse - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of a rectal prolapse may be: Leakage of stool; Bleeding, anal pain, itching, irritation; Tissue that protrudes from the rectum; A surgeon may operate through the abdomen to secure part of the large intestine or rectum to the inside of the abdominal cavity . Sometimes the surgeon removes the affected part of the intestine.