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The rectouterine (or recto-uterine) pouch is also called the rectouterine excavation, uterorectal pouch, rectovaginal pouch, pouch of Douglas (after anatomist James Douglas, 1675–1742), Douglas pouch, [6] Douglas cavity, [6] Douglas space, [6] Douglas cul-de-sac, [6] Ehrhardt–Cole recess, Ehrhardt–Cole cul-de-sac, cavum Douglasi, or excavatio rectouterina.
Sigmoidocele (also known as pouch of Douglas descent) is a medical condition in which a herniation of peritoneum containing loops of redundant sigmoid colon descends (prolapses) into the rectouterine pouch (in females), between the rectum and the vagina. [1] [2] This can obstruct the rectum and cause obstructed defecation syndrome. [3]
Blumer's shelf, or the rectal shelf, is a finding palpable (felt) in rectal or vaginal examination that indicates that a tumor has metastasized to the pouch of Douglas.. It is usually a site of metastasis of cancers of the lung, pancreas and stomach, [1] due to metastatic tumor cells gravitating from an abdominal cancer and growing in the rectovesical [2] or rectouterine pouch.
[1] [3] The abscess may be in the pouch of Douglas, fallopian tube, ovary, or parametrium. [1] It begins as inflammation or a collection of blood in the pelvis. [1] Other risk factors include immunodeficiency, pregnancy, hydrosalpinx, endometrioma, poorly controlled diabetes, kidney disease, obesity, and genital tract abnormalities.
A cul-de-sac hernia (also termed a peritoneocele) is a herniation of peritoneal folds into the rectovaginal septum (in females), [2] or the rectovesical septum (in males). The herniated structure is the recto-uterine pouch (pouch of Douglas) in females, [2] or the rectovesical pouch in males.
The rectovesical pouch is a space between the rectum and the bladder in men. [1] It lies above the seminal vesicles . [ 2 ] It is lined by peritoneum and at its base is the rectoprostatic fascia (Denonvillier's fascia).
With no posterior (dorsal) or lateral dissection, damage to the autonomic nerves is minimized. As a result, there are less problems with post-operative constipation. According to one source, there is no excision of the pouch of Douglas, [1] but another source states that ventral mesh rectopexy results in elimination of the pouch of Douglas. [14]
Culdoscopy is an endoscopic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall. [1] The word culdoscopy (and culdoscope) is derived from the term cul-de-sac, which means literally in French "bottom of a sac", and refers to the rectouterine pouch (or called the pouch of Douglas).