2003
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0478-z
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Rectocele: pathogenesis and surgical management

Abstract: The history of rectocele repair, its clinical and diagnostic features and the advantages, disadvantages and indications for the different surgical techniques are presented in this review. Suggested diagnostic and surgical therapeutic algorithms for management have been included. It is recommended that a multicenter controlled randomized trial comparing surgical approaches for symptomatic evacuatory dysfunction where rectocele is the principal abnormality should be conducted.

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“…10 . Entretanto, dentre as pacientes que procuram auxílio médico com queixas de distúrbios do assoalho pélvico, 20 a 80% das mesmas apresentam algum grau de retocele, que pode ser ou não a causa dos sintomas 1 . A retocele é encontrada em 15% das pacientes com constipação refratária ao tratamento clínico 1 .…”
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“…10 . Entretanto, dentre as pacientes que procuram auxílio médico com queixas de distúrbios do assoalho pélvico, 20 a 80% das mesmas apresentam algum grau de retocele, que pode ser ou não a causa dos sintomas 1 . A retocele é encontrada em 15% das pacientes com constipação refratária ao tratamento clínico 1 .…”
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“…Estudos referem que 75 a 100% das pacientes portadoras de retocele são constipadas crônicas, o que é caracterizado por intervalo evacuatório maior que 3 dias e fezes de consistência ressecada 1 . A estatística obtida com este estudo refere que 58,33% das pacientes apresentam intervalo evacuatório maior que 3 dias (variando de 4 a 15 dias), e 75% das mesmas tinham fezes de consistência ressecada.…”
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“…Accurate delineation of specific septal defects is advantageous in such surgical decisionmaking when more than 90% of patients will have a multiplicity of pelvic floor and perineal soft-tissue abnormalities 14 . In these cases, coloproctologists tend to operate on patients in whom they attribute the majority of symptoms to a single dominant pathology and it is unsurprising that the collated results, both in terms of their effectiveness at alleviation of difficult defecation and in the measurement of quality of life, are mixed.…”
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