Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy in the oldest old is safe: the race is run.
E ErgüderC VerkadeD K WasowiczB S LangenhoffSaygın AltınerDavid D E ZimmermanPublished in: Techniques in coloproctology (2024)
LVMR seems to be a safe operation for the "oldest old" patients with comorbidity, despite a single-centre, retrospective trial with limited follow-up. The present study suggests abandoning the dogma that "frail patients with rectal prolapse are not suitable for laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy."