- Ripstein procedure
- a repair procedure for rectal prolapse consisting of mobilization of the rectum, wrapping it with prosthetic mesh, and rectopexy with attachment of the mesh to the presacral fascia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Ripstein procedure
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