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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
=== More common risk factors === | |||
Common risk factors in the development of internal rectal prolapse include:<ref name="pmid27865742">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cariou de Vergie L, Venara A, Duchalais E, Frampas E, Lehur PA |title=Internal rectal prolapse: Definition, assessment and management in 2016 |journal=J Visc Surg |volume=154 |issue=1 |pages=21–28 |year=2017 |pmid=27865742 |doi=10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2016.10.004 |url=}}</ref> | Common risk factors in the development of internal rectal prolapse include:<ref name="pmid27865742">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cariou de Vergie L, Venara A, Duchalais E, Frampas E, Lehur PA |title=Internal rectal prolapse: Definition, assessment and management in 2016 |journal=J Visc Surg |volume=154 |issue=1 |pages=21–28 |year=2017 |pmid=27865742 |doi=10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2016.10.004 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Advanced age | * Advanced age | ||
* Female gender | * Female gender | ||
* Obstetrical history (vaginal delivery, previous obstetrical trauma) | |||
* Increase intra-abdominal pressure such as straining, [[constipation]] or chronic [[Cough|coughing]] | * Increase intra-abdominal pressure such as straining, [[constipation]] or chronic [[Cough|coughing]] | ||
=== Less common risk factors === | |||
* Hormonal status (onset of [[menopause]]) | * Hormonal status (onset of [[menopause]]) | ||
* Systemic [[Connective tissue disease|connective tissue diseases]] (dysfunction of the [[Elastic fiber|elastic fibers]] of the rectal wall) | * Systemic [[Connective tissue disease|connective tissue diseases]] (dysfunction of the [[Elastic fiber|elastic fibers]] of the rectal wall) | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of rectal prolapse include advanced age, female gender, obstetric history, hormonal status and long term increased intra-abdominal pressure.
Risk Factors
More common risk factors
Common risk factors in the development of internal rectal prolapse include:[1]
- Advanced age
- Female gender
- Obstetrical history (vaginal delivery, previous obstetrical trauma)
- Increase intra-abdominal pressure such as straining, constipation or chronic coughing
Less common risk factors
- Hormonal status (onset of menopause)
- Systemic connective tissue diseases (dysfunction of the elastic fibers of the rectal wall)
References
- ↑ Cariou de Vergie L, Venara A, Duchalais E, Frampas E, Lehur PA (2017). "Internal rectal prolapse: Definition, assessment and management in 2016". J Visc Surg. 154 (1): 21–28. doi:10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2016.10.004. PMID 27865742.