Rectal prolapse; a review of Dutch surgical practice.

Many different technics have been described for the treatment of rectal prolapse. Transabdominal fixation of the rectum is the procedure currently most favoured, as in The Netherlands, where the majority of patients with rectal prolapse are treated in this way. A questionaire sent to all teaching hospitals showed that in only seven out of 27 hospitals postanal repair is carried out in cases of postoperative fecal incontinence.