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Ventral Prosthesis Rectopexy for obstructed defaecation syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Obstructed Defecation Syndrome (ODS) is a rather complex entity concerning mainly females and causing primarily constipation. Surgical treatment in the form of Ventral Prosthesis Rectopexy (VPR) has been proposed and seems to have the best outcomes. However, the selection criteria of patients to undergo this kind of operation are not clear and the reported outcomes are mainly short-term and data on long-term outcomes is scarce. This study assesses new evidence on the efficacy of VPR for the treatment of ODS, specifically focusing on inclusion criteria for surgery and the long-term outcomes. A search was performed of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Ovid and Cochrane databases on all studies reporting on VPR for ODS from 2000 to March 2020. No language restrictions were made. All studies on VPR were reviewed systematically. The main outcomes were intra-operative complications, conversion, procedure duration, short-term mortality and morbidity, length of stay, faecal incontinence and constipation, quality of life (QoL) score and patient satisfaction. Quality assessment and data extraction were performed independently by three observers. Fourteen studies including 963 patients were eligible for analysis. The immediate postoperative morbidity rate was 8.9%. A significant improvement in constipation symptoms was observed in the 12-month postoperative period for ODS (p < 0.0001). Current evidence shows that VPR offers symptomatic relief to the majority of patients with ODS, improving both constipation-like symptoms and faecal incontinence for at least 1–2 years postoperatively. Some studies report on functional results after longer follow-up, showing sustainable improvement, although in a lesser extent.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, 70 Dinokratous Str, 11521, Athens, Greece

    Dimitrios K. Manatakis

  2. Department of General Surgery, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Nikolaos Gouvas

  3. Department of General Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

    George Pechlivanides

  4. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Creta Interclinic Hospital, Heraklion, Greece

    Evangelos Xynos

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Manatakis, D.K., Gouvas, N., Pechlivanides, G. et al. Ventral Prosthesis Rectopexy for obstructed defaecation syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Updates Surg 74, 11–21 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-021-01177-2

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