RECTAL ANATOMY FOLLOWING RIPSTEIN OPERATION FOR PROLAPSE STUDIED BY CINERADIOGRAPHY

Eleven patients operated on for rectal prolapse, according to the method described by Ripstein, were examined pre- and postoperatively with cineradiography of the rectum. The patients were asked to fill in a questionnaire to evaluate their histories of constipation. There is no apparent anatomic explanation for postoperative constipation. One patient had a rectal stricture and another, a recurrence in the shape of an intussusception. © 1979, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. All rights reserved.