BACKGROUND It is generally assumed that fascial defects in the rectovaginal septum are the result of childbirth. However, rectoceles do occur in women who have never delivered vaginally. AIMS To determine the incidence of rectocele in a cohort of asymptomatic, young nulliparous women. METHODS Observational cohort study on 178 nulliparous caucasian women (aged 18-24) recruited for a twin stu...

BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and postoperative pain are among the most common side-effects of surgery. Many factors, such as a change in the level of sex hormones, are reported to affect these complications. This study aimed to evaluate the probable effects of the menopause on PONV and postoperative pain. METHODS Prospective study, in which a total number of 144 female ...

OBJECTIVES To review the most common disorders depicted with conventional videodefecography, and to compare the defecographic abnormalities between symptomatic patients according to their gender and age. METHODS Conventional videodefecography studies of 300 patients (24 men, 266 women; mean age - 57.7) performed in a 32-month period were reviewed for the following parameters: anorectal angle,...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The causes of functional anorectal outlet obstruction (outlet obstruction) include functional defecation disorder (FDD), rectocele, and rectal intussusception (RI). It is unclear whether outlet obstruction is associated with rectal hyposensitivity (RH) in patients with functional constipation (FC). The aim of this study was to determine the association between RH and outlet obst...

OBJECTIVES This report describes results of posterior vaginal wall prolapse and rectocele treatment performing tension free reconstruction method with polypropylene mesh implantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS In years 2001 to 20015, 71 female patients in age of 42-82 years were surgically treated. Besides difficult emptying they complained of feeling of heaviness in the pelvis (38%) and dyspareun...

BACKGROUND Female pelvic organ prolapse is common and generally thought to worsen over time. This assumption has recently become less plausible, as the author and others have been able to show that mild to moderate pelvic organ descent is common in young, nulligravid women. AIMS To investigate the relationship between age and pelvic organ prolapse. METHODS The records of 1110 women seen for...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to profile patients who undergo defecography, by age and gender, as well as to describe the main imaging and diagnostic findings in this population. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective, descriptive study of 39 patients, conducted between January 2012 and February 2014. The patients were evaluated in terms of age, gender, and diagnosis. They...

PURPOSE Treatment of descending perineal syndrome is focused on personal etiology and on improving symptoms. However, the etiology of increased perineal descent (PD) is unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate factors associated with increased resting and dynamic PD in women. METHODS From January 2004 to August 2010, defecographic findings in 201 female patients were r...