THIERSCH'S OPERATION FOR RECTAL PROLAPSE MANAGEMENT

Gürel NEŞŞAR, Felat AKINCI, Mustafa Kaan GENÇALP

Turkish Journal of Surgery - 2026;42(3):368-369

Department of General Surgery, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

 

Thiersch's operation is a kind of suture technique to narrow the patulous anus for the treatment of rectal prolapse. It can be applied under local anaesthesia to elderly patients who can not tolerate major surgery. It also can be used as a temporary treatment untill the definitive treatment is planned. We demonstrated a simple way of the Thiersch operation with a video presentation. We also report the follow-up results of the patients who were operated on with this technique.