Sucrose as an Aid to Manual Reduction of Incarcerated Rectal Prolapse, ,

Incarcerated rectal prolapse is a potential surgical emergency. We report a case in which a simple but effective technique involving the desiccating effect of granulated sugar (sucrose) was used to aid the manual reduction of prolapsed but viable rectal tissue. [Coburn WM III, Russell MA, Hofstetter WL: Sucrose as an aid to manual reduction of incarcerated rectal prolapse. Ann Emerg Med September 1997;30:347-349.]