Ricerc@Sapienza

Background: The FIGO Working Group (FWG) in Pelvic Floor Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (2012–2015) established a consensus among international opinion leaders in evaluating current evidence and providing practice recommendations. Objectives: To provide an update of the previous clinical opinion report on conservative and surgical treatment of posterior compartment prolapse. Search strategy: Search of evidence was performed using Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases up to August 2018.

Different surgical techniques have been proposed for rectocele repair. however, controversial aspects exist on the best approach to use. The study aims to report the early and late outcomes of the sequential transfixed stich technique (STST) for the treatment of rectocele in the absence of mucosal prolapse. MeThODS: One hundred patients presenting a symptomatic rectocele were treated with STST from January 2010 through august 2015. Patients with mucosal prolapse were not considered eligible for STST.