Cystocele and Rectocele Repair Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have this type of repair, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Adverse reaction to anesthesia
• Infection
• Bleeding
• Accidental damage to vagina, rectum, and bladder
• Accidental damage to nearby organs

Call Your Doctor

After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills
• Excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
• Unusually heavy vaginal bleeding, or foul-smelling discharge from the vagina
• Nausea or vomiting
• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
• Inability to pass urine into catheter
• Pain, burning, urgency, or frequency of urination, or persistent bleeding in the urine
• Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.