urethrocele

Sometimes a woman who has a urethrocele needs surgery.

There are often no symptoms associated with a urethrocele.

Rarely, a urethrocele can be present at birth (congenital).

A woman with a urethrocele may leak urine, especially when she coughs, laughs, or jumps.

Where a urethrocele causes difficulty in urinating, this can lead to cystitis.

Surgical repair may relieve some, but not all, of the problems caused by a cystocele or urethrocele.

You can control many of the activities that may have contributed to your cystocele or urethrocele or made it worse.

A urethral prolapse is also called a urethrocele.

Prolapse of the urethra is called urethrocele.

A urethrocele can be treated surgically.

Risks of cystocele and urethrocele repair include:

Repair of the bladder (cystocele surgery) or urethra (urethrocele surgery).

A woman can develop a urethrocele if her pelvic muscles become damaged from pregnancy, labor, childbirth, or a previous pelvic surgery.

Two common forms of pelvic organ prolapse are bladder prolapse (cystocele) and urethral prolapse (urethrocele).

Repair of Bladder Prolapse (Cystocele) or Urethra Prolapse (urethrocele)

If your doctor finds a bladder prolapse (cystocele), urethral prolapse (urethrocele), or uterine prolapse during your routine pelvic exam, that problem can also be repaired during surgery.

A urethrocele is a form of pelvic organ prolapse in women in which the urethra-the tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside of the body-moves from its natural position and presses against the vaginal wall.