[Prolapse of the small bowel through the vaginal vault, following hysterectomy]

Within 7 years 4 cases of prolapse of the small bowel through the vaginal vault stump were observed. These occurred between 5 and 10 years following two cases of radical abdominal hysterectomy for cancer and two cases of vaginal hysterectomy and colporrhaphy. The small bowel was replaced three to six hours following the prolapse by median laparotomy. One patient died following late sepsis after the laparotomy.