SUCROSE AS AN AID TO MANUAL REDUCTION OF INCARCERATED RECTAL PROLAPSE

Authors
COBURN WM RUSSELL MA HOFSTETTER WL
Citation
Wm. Coburn et al., SUCROSE AS AN AID TO MANUAL REDUCTION OF INCARCERATED RECTAL PROLAPSE, Annals of emergency medicine, 30(3), 1997, pp. 347-349
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
347 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1997)30:3<347:SAAATM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Incarcerated rectal prolapse is a potential surgical emergency. We rep ort a case in which a simple but effective technique involving the des iccating effect of granulated sugar (sucrose) was used to aid the manu al reduction of prolapsed but viable rectal tissue.