Secondary structural Changes of the Rectal Wall in Rectal Prolapse: a Functional Pathological Study on Resection Specimens with Correlation of Clinical Findings

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005662

Enrollment

Registered

2014-01-21

Start date

2014-01-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

K62.3 K59.0

Interventions

Group 1: Patients who are diagnosed with obstructed defaecation and rectocele/rectal prolapse following the routine preoperative therapeutic and diagnostic protocol and who are indicated for the STARR

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who are diagnosed with obstructed defaecation and rectocele/rectal prolapse following the routine preoperative therapeutic and diagnostic protocol and who are indicated for the STARR-procedure.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: previous rectal operation during the last 12 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- rate and extent of histopathologically ascertainable structural impairement and defects in STARR-specimens	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- correlation of documented structural damage with clinical findings, patient age, and sex	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMatthias Kraemer

Abteilung Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, KoloproktologieSt. Barbara-Klinik Hamm

mkraemer@barbaraklinik.de+49-(0)2381-6811401

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026