Emergency Abdominoperineal Resection for Rectal Prolapse with Gangrenous Bowel.

ABSTRACT

Rectal prolapse is a relatively rare condition. Most cases are chronic and present electively. However, a complete rectal prolapse with gangrenous bowel is an uncommon life-threatening emergency condition. Gangrenous bowel significantly increases morbidity and mortality and thus an urgent surgical intervention is always indicated. We describe a case with the above mentioned rare presentation, and he was successfully treated with an emergency abdominoperineal resection (APR). Irreducible rectal prolapse with gangrenous bowel is rarely encountered and literature on this presentation is very scanty. Here, we present a patient with complete rectal prolapsed with gangrenous bowel treated successfully with emergency APR.