RT Book, Section A1 Bayram, Jamil D. A1 Reichman, Eric F. A2 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 1159799985 T1 Prolapsed Rectum Reduction T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861925 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159799985 RD 2024/03/29 AB Rectal prolapse is an uncommon condition (Figure 87-1). It was first described in the Bible (2 Chronicles 21). “You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out…. After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain.” The pathophysiology of a rectal prolapse has been evolving since 1543 when Vesalius described the detailed anatomy of the anorectum. Today, three types of rectal prolapse are recognized, and they represent three stages of a continuum.1