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rectocele
In gynecology, a rectocele ( ) or posterior vaginal wall prolapse results when the rectum bulges (herniates) into the vagina. Two common causes of this defect are childbirth and hysterectomy. Rectocele also tends to occur with other forms of pelvic organ prolapse, such as enterocele, sigmoidocele and cystocele.
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Research
1,784 papers- Rectocele.Ginekologia polska · 2025
- Rectocele: Incidental or important? Observe or operate? Contemporary diagnosis and management in the multidisciplinary era.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2022
- Transperineal rectocele repair: a systematic review.ANZ journal of surgery · 2017
- Rectocele: pathogenesis and surgical management.International journal of colorectal disease · 2003
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Non-surgical
- Surgical
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In gynecology, a rectocele ( ) or posterior vaginal wall prolapse results when the rectum bulges (herniates) into the vagina. Two common causes of this defect are childbirth and hysterectomy. Rectocele also tends to occur with other forms of pelvic organ prolapse, such as enterocele, sigmoidocele and cystocele.
Although the term applies most often to this condition in females, males can also develop it. Rectoceles in men are uncommon, and associated with prostatectomy.