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cystocele

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cystocele /cys·to·cele/ (sis´to-sēl) hernial protrusion of the urinary bladder, usually through the vaginal wall.
cys·to·cele (sst-sl)
n.
Herniation of the bladder. Also called colpocystocele, vesicocele.

Cystocele
Bulging of the bladder into the vagina.
Mentioned in: Pelvic Relaxation

cystocele
[sis′təsēl′]
Etymology: Gk, kystis + kele, hernia
a herniation or protrusion of the urinary bladder through the wall of the vagina. Compare rectocele, vesicocele.

cystocele [sis´to-sēl]
herniation of the urinary bladder into the vagina.

cystocele
herniation of the urinary bladder into the vagina.

cystocele
Dropped bladder, fallen bladder Herniation of the bladder into the vagina, which is often accompanied by stress incontinence; the frequency of cystoceles ↑ with age and multiparity


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A It sounds like you have developed a cystocele - when a small part of the bladder wall pushes through into the wall of the vagina.
ABSTRACT A thirty-year-old woman with a history of first degree prolapse with cystocele and enterocele after ten days of normal delivery was referred for physiotherapy.
 
 
 
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