Surgical outcomes on health-related quality of life in rectal prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Meta-analysisTechniques in coloproctology· Aug 2025

Surgical outcomes on health-related quality of life in rectal prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hannaneh Yousefi-Koma, Yassin Rahnama, Dorsa Najari … Seyed Mohsen Ahmadi-Tafti

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Colon & Rectal SurgeryMeta-analysisTreatmentQ2IF 2.2

Rectal prolapse surgery improves patients' health-related quality of life across multiple domains.

Surgical outcomes on health-related quality of life in rectal prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hannaneh Yousefi-Koma … Seyed Mohsen Ahmadi-Tafti

Techniques in coloproctology · Aug 2025 · Q2 in Gastroenterology

Background

Rectal prolapse is a serious but not life-threatening condition.

Purpose

In this article, we aim to investigate the quality-of-life outcomes in patients undergoing rectal prolapse surgery, compare different surgical methods, and assess different quality-of-life questionnaires to study these patients.

Methods

Except for one, all included studies reported improved quality-of-life scores.

More results

All eight domains showed better outcomes after surgery.

The final analysis was based on the surgical approach (perineal or abdominal) and showed no statistically significant superiority of any of the approaches.

LIMITATIONS: The high heterogeneity of the included studies.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Surgical intervention can improve the quality of life of rectal prolapse patients. However, there is no consensus on which surgical approach achieves the best outcomes.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Different instruments are used to evaluate the quality of life in these patients, but there is no specific questionnaire to assess this.

Surgical outcomes on health-related quality of life in rectal prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Surgical outcomes on health-related quality of life in rectal prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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