| 11. | Rectal prolapse is a condition routinely identified in pigs on farms and at slaughterhouses.
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| 12. | Levatorplasty is performed to correct elvator diastasis which is commonly associated with rectal prolapse.
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| 13. | Sphincter function in rectal prolapse is almost always reduced.
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| 14. | Surgery for internal rectal prolapse can be via the abdominal approach or the transanal approach.
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| 15. | However, internal intussusception rarely progresses to external rectal prolapse.
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| 16. | The true incidence of rectal prolapse is unknown, but it is thought to be uncommon.
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| 17. | In 1912 Moschcowitzl proposed that rectal prolapse was a sliding hernia through a pelvic fascial defect.
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| 18. | Rectal prolapse is a falling down of the rectum so that it is visible externally.
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| 19. | Proximal bilateral pudendal neuropathy has been demonstrated in patients with rectal prolapse who have fecal incontinence.
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| 20. | Procidentia usually refers to uterine prolapse, but rectal procidentia can also be a synonym for rectal prolapse.
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