Obstructed Defecation is a profoundly disabling condition. Many different surgical procedures has been introduced to treat patients affected by this disease. The most used are STARR and ventral rectopexy. Because of the heterogenity of studies and overall the lack of comparison trials, there is no accepted standard surgical treatment.PRO-REST aimed to compare these two procedures (STARR and Ventral Rectopexy) evaluating functional and anatomical results.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
University Hospital
Bologna, Bologna, Italy
RECRUITINGFunctional result
comparison between Obstructed Defaecation Syndrome (ODS) score before and 12 months after surgery
Time frame: 12 months
Anatomical result
Comparison of clinical and radiological data before and 12 months after surgery
Time frame: 12 months
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