Small bowel prolapse (enterocele)

Small bowel prolapse care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Mayo Clinic doctors who specialize in small bowel prolapse, in many cases, see only people with pelvic organ prolapse. As a result, they have extensive expertise in treating this condition, including correcting treatments done elsewhere that weren't satisfactory.

Research pioneers

Mayo physicians are leaders in clinical research that enhances the capability to offer the most advanced diagnosis and treatments available for small bowel prolapse. You benefit from those treated previously, and your treatment contributes to knowledge for the future.

Specialized training

Many of the urologists across all Mayo Clinic campuses have advanced training and subspecialty certification in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery from the American Board of Urology. Urogynecologists at Mayo Clinic also have advanced training and certification in female urology.

Expertise and rankings

Specialty care

Urologists and urogynecologists at Mayo Clinic provide expert care for female patients of all ages who experience problems of the pelvic floor.

Specialty services offered through urology and urogynecology at Mayo Clinic include:

• Pelvic organ prolapse with or without incontinence diagnosis and treatment
• Urodynamic evaluation
• Stress urinary incontinence diagnosis and treatment
• Minimally invasive injection therapies
• Management of mesh complications
• Diagnosis and treatment of urge urinary incontinence
• Overactive bladder diagnosis and treatment
• Botox injections of the urinary tract
• Electrical stimulation of a nerve (neuromodulation) for the urinary tract

Experience

Every year, Mayo Clinic doctors care for more than 500 people with small bowel prolapse (enterocele).

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ranks among the Best Hospitals for gynecology in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for urology by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023-2024 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's urology department's expertise and rankings.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

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In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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