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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 causes of rectal prolapse include rectal denervation, kinking of the redundant loop of sigmoid colon and loss of rectal compliance.

Causes

Causes of rectal prolapse include:

• Rectal denervation
• Perineal nerve injury (due to descent of the pelvic floor, viginal delivery and excessive straining during defection)
• Kinking of the redundant loop of sigmoid colon at the junction between the sigmoid colon and the rectum
• Loss of rectal compliance as a result of mesh placement
• Altered colonic motility