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Full thickness rectal prolapse prior to surgery.
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The patient complained of a full thickness, completely reducible rectal prolapse occurring after defecation (Fig. 1).
Preoperative contrast defaecography.
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The anorectal angle was 2 cm below the pubococcygeal line (Fig. 2).
Intraoperative findings of rotated ascending colon with colorectal anastomosis.
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The right colon was rotated and freely mobile with a long mesentery and minimal retroperitoneal attachment (Fig. 3).
Caecum anchored to parietal peritoneum at right upper quadrant after caecopexy.
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Therefore, the caecum was fixed to the parietal peritoneum of right upper quadrant with nonabsorbable polypropylene sutures (Fig. 4).