rectovaginal

We're having an ongoing debate in our practice regarding rectovaginal exams.

Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007

With the rectal exam, I was taught that a rectovaginal exam is mandatory in postmenopausal ladies because sometimes it can detect ovarian cancer.

Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007

To do the rectovaginal exam, the health care provider inserts one finger into the rectum and one into the vagina, to check the tone and alignment of the pelvic organs as well as the ovaries, tubes, and ligaments of the uterus.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

The patient didn't report anal penetration, so the rectovaginal exam was deferred.

Salem Falls Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2001

The posterior ligament consists of the rectovaginal fold of peritoneum, which is reflected from the back of the posterior fornix of the vagina on to the front of the rectum.

XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 3. The Uterus 1918

The rectovaginal septum, the lower portion of the rectum, and the neck of the bladder were obliterated.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Verdile 1.221 records an instance of imperforate vagina in which rectovaginal wall was divided and the delivery effected through the rectum and anus.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

A rectovaginal or vesical fistula could account for the presence of this worm had it been voided from the bowel; nevertheless the woman adhered to her statement that she had urinated the worm, and, as confirmatory evidence, never complained of pain after passing the animal.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Engelmann operated on a large rectovaginal fistula in the sixth month of pregnancy without any interruption of pregnancy, which is far from the general result.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

Examination showed that the columns of the posterior wall were torn from their attachment, and that there was a rectovaginal fistula admitting the little finger.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896