Society guideline links: Rectal prolapse

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES)-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST): Guidelines on anorectal emergencies (2021)

United States

●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES)-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST): Guidelines on anorectal emergencies (2021)

●American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS): Consensus statement of definitions for anorectal physiology testing and pelvic floor terminology, revised (2018)

●ASCRS: Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of rectal prolapse (2017)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy for internal rectal prolapse (2018)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Coloproctology (JSCP): Anal diseases (hemorrhoids, fistulas, anal fissures) and rectal prolapse guidelines, revised 2nd edition (2020)