TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Rectal Fixation, Abnormal A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Group of diseases in which the attachment of the rectum to the sacrum has lengthened, allowing the rectum to block the act of defecation, to protrude into the vagina, or to prolapse through the anus• Increased mobility related to chronic straining• May be secondary to colonic dysmotility• Includes internal intussusception, rectal prolapse SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1004107140 ER -