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