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Three abdominal procedures were combined to suspend the prolapsed vagina in patients with post-hysterectomy vault prolapse and a narrow vagina and uterine prolapse with pelvic diseases (such as fibroids) necessitating laparotomy. We used Moschcowitz's method (obliteration of the cul-de-sac by purse-string sutures) Burch's method (fixation of the anterior vaginal wall to Cooper's ligament) and Williams and Richardson's method (suspension of the vaginal stump using fascial strips from the external oblique aponeurosis. The postoperative outcome of 8 operations was judged by a scoring system and by X-ray colpography with superimposition of films obtained at rest and during straining (subtraction technic). The scoring system indicated that the anterior vaginal wall and the vaginal vault were well supported by this combination procedures. However, the prolapse of the lower posterior vaginal wall needed an additional vaginal repair. The X-ray colpogram showed that the axis of the repaired vagina was slightly more vertical than normal. But displacement of the vagina on straining was within the normal range. Neither dyspareunia nor stress urinary incontinence were seen as complications of our procedures.
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PMID:Abdominal repair of vaginal prolapse and the postoperative outcome as judged by a scoring system and X-ray colpography. 405 81

An enterocele is a hernia of the small intestine into the vagina. First described in 1736, it is an uncommon but potentially quite symptomatic clinical entity. Despite increased interest in enterocele during the past 50 years, there are few large series reported, and follow-up on surgical results has generally been poor. Many enteroceles follow vaginal or abdominal hysterectomy. Various surgical techniques for repair of enterocele are presented herein, including the classical repairs by Ward and Moschcowitz. Because enterocele frequently coexists with vaginal vault prolapse, contemporary procedures for simultaneous repair are described. Emphasis is placed upon prophylactic vaginal vault suspension and cul-de-sac obliteration at the time of abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy. The complications of failure to recognize enterocele are spontaneous vaginal evisceration, although rare, and progressive symptomatology. Attempted repair may also engender complications, some life-threatening.
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PMID:Enterocele: a review. 820 2

The urologist actively involved in the treatment of female genitourinary disease must to be able to recognize and treat various forms of pelvic prolapse. Enterocele is commonly seen in conjunction with stress urinary incontinence and cystocele or it may result from surgery to correct these problems. Many techniques to correct enterocele have been developed, including transvaginal repairs as well as intra-abdominal procedures such as the Moschcowitz technique or colpofixation to the sacrum for enterocele with vault prolapse. Surgical management of enterocele must take into account several factors, including the presence of stress urinary incontinence, rectocele, vaginal vault prolapse, prior hysterectomy and the desire to maintain sexual activity. Based on these considerations we discuss our approach to the transvaginal repair of enterocele. In patients without vault prolapse a simple enterocele repair is performed. If vault prolapse is present, then the condition of the anterior vaginal wall is considered. In patients with a cystocele a vault suspension procedure is performed, which involves simultaneous suspension of the uterosacral-cardinal ligament complex and vaginal vault along with the bladder neck and bladder. There are 2 modifications of this technique depending on the degree of cystocele: the 4-corner vault suspension for grades 2 and 3 cystocele, and the vault suspension with grade 4 cystocele repair. Patients with vault prolapse and no cystocele undergo sacrospinous ligament fixation. In elderly patients who are not sexually active, especially if they are in poor medical condition, partial colpocleisis is considered. In these patients partial colpocleisis was not performed as a primary procedure but it was done later in 3 who failed an initial attempt at repair. All coexisting vaginal pathology is fixed at the time of enterocele repair. A total of 83 patients underwent enterocele repair according to this protocol and 81 were available for followup. Mean followup was 15 months (range 3 to 70). Overall a successful result (no recurrence) was achieved in 70 patients (86%). Success for individual procedures was 40 of 49 (82%) for simple repair, 24 of 25 (96%) for vault suspension and 6 of 7 (86%) for sacrospinous fixation. In all cases vault suspension or sacrospinous fixation was able to restore vaginal depth and axis with minimal or no vaginal shortening.
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PMID:Transvaginal repair of enterocele. 845 31

This paper describes 130 patients with enteroceles and their treatment. It includes analysis of all cases with enterocele over a 17-month period in a pelvic floor dysfunction database. Procedures performed included the Moschcowitz procedure with suspension of the vaginal vault to the sacrum in 13 patients (10%), colposacrosuspension (CSS) (mesh from the upper posterior half of the vagina to the sacrum with mobilisation and fixation of the rectum to the mesh) in 39 patients (30%), perineocolposacrosuspension (PCSS) (similar to CSS, but the mesh is inserted further down to the perineum) in 48 patients (37%) and perineopubo-colposacrosuspension (PPCSS) (as PCSS, but with a second mesh between the bladder and vagina extending to the sacrum) in 30 patients (23%). An additional modified Burch colposuspension was performed in 87 patients (67%). A failure was defined as a recurrent vaginal prolapse of Grade II or more, or urinary incontinence requiring surgical correction. The patients' mean age was 60.5 years, their mean parity 3.3 and 92.3% were white. Preoperatively, 33.8% of the patients complained of constipation, 33.1% of difficulty in defaecation and 77% had bladder symptoms, suggesting urinary stress incontinence or detrusor instability. In 74.6% of the patients part of the vagina protruded through the vaginal introitus. The mean period of follow-up was 7.4 months (range 1-26) with only 13 patients (10%) not followed. Only two patients (1.5%) developed Grade II vaginal prolapse (both cystoceles and both from the PCSS group). Urinary stress incontinence in need of further treatment developed in 13 patients (10%). The failure rate, therefore, was 11.5%. In six patients (4.6%) the mesh had to be removed due to mesh reaction. In all cases the mesh was unabsorbable. Vaginal suspension procedures with mobilisation of the rectum provided satisfactory results for severe enterocele over the short term.
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PMID:The pathophysiology of an enterocele and its management. 1520 82

This report describes the case of an 81-year-old woman with sudden evisceration of the small intestine through the vagina. It occurred one year after repair of a vaginal vault prolapse, which was initially treated by vaginal hysterectomy and colporrhaphy three years prior to the repair. On examination, we found a 70-80-cm loop of bowel prolapsing through a 3-cm oval defect in the vaginal vault. The patient underwent emergency exploratory laparotomy under general anesthesia. After careful reduction of the eviscerated small intestine, the hernia hiatus was closed and the widened cul-de-sac was obliterated by performing a Moschcowitz culdoplasty. Rapid intervention by abdominovaginal surgery may enable smooth repositioning of the eviscerated intestine, thus preventing subsequent morbidity.
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PMID:Evisceration occurred 1 year after vaginal vault repair for relapsed pelvic organ prolapse. 2257 40