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Rectocele
In gynecology, a rectocele or wall prolapse results when the rectum bulges (herniates) into the . Two common causes of this defect are childbirth and hysterectomy. Rectocele also tends to occur with other forms of organ prolapse, such as enterocele, sigmoidocele and cystocele.
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