General anesthesia is usually used for repair of a rectocele or enterocele.

A rectocele or an enterocele can be present at birth (congenital), though this is rare.

Surgical repair may relieve some, but not all, of the problems caused by a rectocele or enterocele.

It is not possible to differentiate between a rectocele and a sigmoidocele on vaginal examination.

Other causes of incomplete evacuation include non-emptying defects like a rectocele.

Risks of rectocele and enterocele repair are uncommon but include:

You can control many of the activities that contributed to your rectocele or enterocele or made it worse.

Perforations in it can lead to rectocele.

Symptoms of internal intussusception overlap with those of rectocele, indeed the 2 conditions can occur together.

Specifically, defecography can differentiate between anterior and posterior rectocele.

Rectocele and enterocele formation may occur together, especially if you have had surgery to remove the uterus (hysterectomy).

Unlike other spring types, arcing springs may be used by women with mild cystocele, rectocele, or retroversion.

Surgical treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, including correction of cystocele and rectocele.

Suspected conditions such as internal rectal intussusception, enterocele, anismus, rectocele or sigmoidocele.

It is also used to treat stress urinary incontinence, a retroverted uterus, cystocele and rectocele.

The weakness may cause bladder or bowel problems, such as cystocele, urinary incontinence, or rectocele.

A rectocele or an enterocele may become large or more obvious when you strain or bear down (for example, during a bowel movement).

The support hernias include: vault prolapse, enterocele, cystocele, rectocele and uterine decensus.