[Clinical classification of rectal prolapse].

Having analyzed the experience with examination and treatment of 182 patients with rectal prolapse the authors are presenting a clinical classification including the main criteria of the disease: stage of prolapse, degree of incompetence of the anal sphincter, phase of compensation of the pelvic fundus muscles. On the basis of the classification proposed the adequate method of treatment of such patients can be chosen. In 97% of patients the prolapse of the rectum have been liquidated, in 92,5% of them the function of its closing apparatus have been completely recovered.