Role of defecography in predicting clinical outcome of rectocele repair
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum1997Vol. 40(2), pp. 201–207
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J. H. van Dam, A. Z. Ginai, M. Gosselink, Willem Huisman, H. Jaap Bonjer, W.C.J. Hop, W. R. Schouten
Abstract
Combined transanal/transvaginal repair of rectocele is an efficient therapy in patients with obstructed defecation. Various defecographic parameters (size of rectocele, internal intussusception, rectal evacuation, perineal descent, radiologic signs of anismus) do not appear to influence clinical outcome of surgery. The main value of defecography is the objective demonstration of rectocele and any associated abnormalities such as an enterocele preoperatively and again in objective assessment of the postoperative results.
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