Six former Homestead Heritage members who were born into the conservative religious community in Waco, Texas, spoke with ...

Traction enteroceles are relatively common and are usually found in conjunction with uterine prolapse, cystocele, and rectocele. The preferred treatment is vaginal hysterectomy with concurrent ...

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Enterocele or rectocele—if you have an enterocele or rectocele, your intestines or rectum slide into your vagina. (A rectocele is when your rectum slides into your vagina; an enterocele is when your ...

This condition is known as posterior wall prolapse, rectocele or fallen rectum. During the surgery the rectum is pushed back into to its normal position, and the support tissue between the back of the ...

We treat all types of pelvic organ prolapse, including prolapse of the anterior vagina (cystocele), posterior vagina (rectocele), uterine prolapse and top of the vaginal (vaginal vault after ...

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1 2 This case was diagnosed with second-degree uterovaginal prolapse, cystocele and rectocele. The patient was referred to us for routine cardiac evaluation which uneventfully turned out to be a ...

Note that enterocele and rectocele formation may occur together, especially if the patient has had a hysterectomy; however, the enterocele will be located closer to the vaginal apex than will a ...

Due to the high complication rates associated with the procedure, stapled transanal rectal resection is not recommended for the repair of a rectocele or internal rectal intussusception.