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What is a rectocele?

What is a rectocele? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) A hernia of the rectum into the vagina.
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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.

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