Utilità del test della garza per la stadiazione intraoperatoria del prolasso mucoso del retto

Rectal mucosal prolapse was characterized by the protrusion of the mucosa alone in the anal lumen. The Authors, to correctly establish the intraoperatory stage of rectal mucosal prolapse have performed a test based on the intrarectal introduction of a plug of great dimension, to successively pull-through the anal canal during anoscopy.The plug test during anoscopy is efficacious to achieve differential diagnosis between rectal mucosal prolapse and haemorrhoidal prolapse. Indeed. it is useful to choice more precisely the type of surgical intervention