Videodefecography is specifically designed to evaluate evacuatory disorders such as rectal prolapse and rectocele. |
The health-care provider must rule out the presence of a large cystocele, rectocele, or marked uterine prolapse,10 which would reduce the efficacy of the method. |
Rectocele repair should not preclude the use of mesh, however, especially when a prior nonmesh repair has failed. |
I have been very fortunate to have been very upbeat and cheerful most of my life, until I reached the age of 74 and had surgery to repair a rectocele. |
An enterocele differs from a rectocele in that it is a true hernia, lined by peritoneum and usually containing small bowel. |
Her examination is over in seconds – a rectocele is diagnosed – and the screen where I'm sitting fills with an internal HD image. |