대한대장항문학회

Rectocele is a ballooning or herniation of the anterior rectal and the posterior vaginal<br>wall into the lumen of the vagina which acts as a deposition site for feces, causing<br>difficulty of fecal expelling. The rectocele is readily identifiable by digital examination,<br>but has received scant attention from anorectal surgeon.<br>MATERIAL AND METHOD<br>Nine patients were porous women and mean age was 37.2 years. Transvaginal repair<br>was performed in symptomatic 4 Patients, initial conservative management with<br>correction of bowel habit is advised. The surgical technique employed was<br>a<br>modification of the procedure described by Capps and Takano.<br>RESULTS<br>Three of four patients were judged to have excellent (totally asymptomatic) results,<br>one patient is fair(slight improvement).<br>