Rectal Prolapse in Small Animal Shelter population: A review of its medical and surgical management based in a series of clinical cases

Abstract

Rectal prolapse is common in young animals in association with severe diarrhea and tenesmus. Causal factors include severe enteritis, endoparasitism, disorders of the rectum (eg, foreign bodies, lacerations, diverticula, or sacculation), neoplasia of the rectum or distal colon, urolithiasis, urethral obstruction, cystitis, dystocia and others causes and at present, there is no much published in the scientific literature.