Rectal Prolapse

"Rectal Prolapse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Protrusion of the rectal mucous membrane through the anus. There are various degrees: incomplete with no displacement of the anal sphincter muscle; complete with displacement of the anal sphincter muscle; complete with no displacement of the anal sphincter muscle but with herniation of the bowel; and internal complete with rectosigmoid or upper rectum intussusception into the lower rectum.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Rectal Prolapse" by people in this website by year, and whether "Rectal Prolapse" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1997 and 1998 and 1999 and 2005 and 2009 and 2010 and 2012 and 2013 and 2015 and 2016 and 2020
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