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Stapled Haemorrhoidopexy and Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection (STARR) in the Treatment of Symptomatic Rectoanal Prolapse

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The goal of this chapter is to explain the rational basis of two procedures indicated to correct the symptomatic internal rectal prolapse. Both techniques, based on the same principle, should be used in relation to the entity of the prolapse that needs resection. In particular, I will try to explain why the haemorrhoidal prolapse, the internal or external rectal prolapse, and the rectocele aren’t distinct pathologies but only different dynamic morphological aspects of a unique basic anatomical and structural alteration of the rectum. All studies and subsequent developments began through some thoughts and considerations on haemorrhoids. From the understanding of the pathogenesis of this pathology start to develop many other studies to the understanding of the nature of other pathologies, especially the obstructed defecation, whose frequent association with haemorrhoidal disease was clinically evident but escaped the pathogenetic correlation.

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Longo, D.A. (2015). Stapled Haemorrhoidopexy and Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection (STARR) in the Treatment of Symptomatic Rectoanal Prolapse. In: Meng, W., Cheung, H., Lam, D., Ng, S. (eds) Minimally Invasive Coloproctology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19698-5_21

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