Aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid injection in the treatment of total rectal prolapse: early outcomes.
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| Abstract | PURPOSE: No surgical method for repair of total rectal prolapse has been established as optimal. We describe a new technique that uses ALTA (aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid) injection as a simple perianal procedure for total rectal prolapse. METHODS: Fourteen patients with total rectal prolapse were treated with sclerosing therapy by using ALTA injection. Via a perianal approach, 0.5 to 1 ml of ALTA solution was injected along a linear track into the submucosa at 30 to 80 different sites, totaling 20 to 60 ml. RESULTS: All 14 patients treated with injection sclerotherapy were cured, with no intraoperative or postoperative complications. One patient required a repeat injection after two months to be cured. No exacerbation of constipation has resulted, and no stenosis has been evident on rectal examination. In seven of ten patients presenting with fecal incontinence, this complaint resolved after therapy. CONCLUSIONS: ALTA sclerotherapy yielded satisfactory results in total rectal prolapse, causing no alteration in neurophysiology of bowel function. Injection sclerotherapy should be recommended as the first procedure for treatment of total rectal prolapse.
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| Authors | Yoshikazu Hachiro, Masao Kunimoto, Tatsuya Abe, Masahiro Kitada, Yoshiaki Ebisawa |
| Journal | Diseases of the colon and rectum (Dis Colon Rectum) Vol. 50 Issue 11 Pg. 1996-2000 (Nov 2007) ISSN: 0012-3706 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 17899276 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
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