Prospective Study on Effect of Submucosal Alcohol Injection in Cases of Rectal Prolapse in Infants and Children
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2019-10
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International Research Organization for Life & Health Sciences (IROLHS)
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to study the impact of sclerosing agent in cases of rectal prolapse in infants and children.Materials and Methods: A total of 200 cases of diagnosed rectal prolapse in infants and children attending a tertiary care ofWest Bengal were included in the study for the effect of submucosal injection of alcohol from a period of August 2016 to July2018. 1.5–2 ml of alcohol was linearly injected in three sites (two laterals and one posterior).Results: All 200 cases were followed at 3 months interval for a period of 2 years. One hundred and twenty-one patients (60.5%)had a duration of prolapse for 3–6 months. Forty-six patients (23.0%) had prolapse for more than 8 months and 33 (16.5%)patients had prolapse for more than 1 year. One hundred and ninety-one (90.5%) patients responded to a single injection. Fivepatients (2.5%) required the second injection. Four (2%) patients with age more than 10 years did not respond to the treatment.Twenty-five patients had fecal soiling for a period of 10–12 days. No infectious complication and no recurrence were observed.Conclusion: 2–5 ml of ethyl alcohol (96%) is effective for the treatment of rectal prolapse. The duration of rectal prolapsehad no deleterious effect on treatment; however, patients with age more than 10 years did not respond to sclerosing agent,probably due to different etiology.
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Ethyl alcohol, Rectal prolapse, Sclerosing agents
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Chatterjee Indranil, Islam Md. Shabbirul, Kumar Rajarshi, Das Ajay Kumar, Das Sukanta. Prospective Study on Effect of Submucosal Alcohol Injection in Cases of Rectal Prolapse in Infants and Children. International Journal of Scientific Study. 2019 Oct; 7(7): 56-58