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[Rectoceles. Diagnosis and treatment]
J C Sarles1, S Ninou, A Arnaud
1Service de Chirurgie digestive, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille.
Rectocele generally considered as a gynaecological lesion, may express only by rectal signs. A study conducted on 202 patients with rectal statics disorders allows to observed 49 cases of isolated rectocele. It was 49 women with a mean age of 48 years (24-73). Many of them complained of terminal constipation necessitating digital vaginal assistance. Medical treatment of constipation was always inefficiency. 39 patients underwent a surgical treatment by endo-anal procedure. Results were good in 95% of the cases with only 1 failure. Rectocele with rectal signs must in every case be operated on by endo-anal way.
Rectocele generally considered as a gynaecological lesion, may express only by rectal signs. A study conducted on 202 patients with rectal statics disorders allows to observed 49 cases of isolated rectocele. It was 49 women with a mean age of 48 years (24-73). Many of them complained of terminal constipation necessitating digital vaginal assistance. Medical treatment of constipation was always inefficiency. 39 patients underwent a surgical treatment by endo-anal procedure. Results were good in 95% of the cases with only 1 failure. Rectocele with rectal signs must in every case be operated on by endo-anal way.