Defect-specific rectocele repair: medium-term anatomical, functional and subjective outcomes

Guzmán Rojas R 1 , Kamisan Atan I 2 , Shek KL 2 , Dietz HP 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana - Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
  • 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol, 2015 Oct;55(5):487-92.
PMID: 26172410 DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12347

Abstract

Rectocele is a herniation of the anterior wall of the rectal ampulla through a defect in the rectovaginal septum causing protrusion of the posterior vaginal wall. Common symptoms include symptoms of prolapse and obstructed defecation.

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