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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients undergoing nmGMTSI for full-thickness rectal prolapse

From: A new modified Gant-Miwa-Thiersch combined with submucosal and perirectal sclerosant injection procedure for full-thickness rectal prolapse in elderly women: clinical analysis of 34 cases

 

Total population (n = 34)

Age mean ± SD (years)

76.2 ± 9.14

BMI (kg/m2) mean ± SD

19.3 ± 4.5

Symptoms

 

Feeling of a bulge in the rectum during defecation

29 (85.3%)

Feelings of prolapse without defecating

1 (14.7%)

Diarrhea/Fecal incontinence

26 (76.4%)

Constipation/obstructed defecation

8 (23.5%)

Abdominal or anal pain

8 (24%)

Blood discharge

13 (38.2%)

Mucus discharge

10 (29.4%)

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index