Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a limited clinical experience using sucralfate enemas and modified levatorplasty technique

ABSTRACT

A limited clinical experience with eleven cases of the rare solitary rectal ulcer syndrome [S.R.U.S.] was presented. Sucralfate enemas were successful in healing the ulcer in 3 out of 5 patients [60% success], while the modified levatorplasty was successful in healing of the ulcer in 7 out of 8 patients [including the two failures from the sucral fate group] [i.e. 87.5% success rate]. The remaining patient is symptom free despite the endoscopic evidence of persistence of the ulcer, though smaller in size [i.e. 2 cms versus 7 cms in diameter preoperatively]