A pessary is a prosthetic device inserted into the vagina for structural and pharmaceutical purposes. It is most commonly used to treat stress urinary...

Cervical pessary is a medical device used to treat an incompetent (or insufficient) cervix (cervix starts to shorten and open too early). Early in the...

effective when combined with other treatments, such as antibiotics or vaginal pessary, but the evidence remains uncertain. There are three types of cerclage:...

for up to several months. Vaginal pessaries can immediately relieve prolapse and prolapse-related symptoms. Pessaries are a good choice of treatment for...

offered. A pessary—a small plastic or silicone device—supports the uterus in a forward position either temporarily or permanently. However, pessaries correlate...

that is recommended. In those with more significant symptoms a vaginal pessary, pelvic muscle exercises, or surgery may be recommended. The type of surgery...

or other reasons. A pessary is a plastic or silicone device that may be used for women with pelvic organ prolapse. Vaginal pessaries can immediately relieve...

obstruction (e.g., from fecal impaction, obstruction due to a vaginal pessary) may also present with pseudodiarrhea, since only liquid stool can make...

Management of mild cases of uterine prolapse include pelvic floor therapy and pessaries. More severe cases may require surgical intervention - options include...

in studies such as the above, many fitted vaginal devices, for example pessaries, do not adhere to a "one-size-fits-all" principle. Lawrence, citing Masters...

media related to: Suppository (category) Artesunate suppositories Enema Pessary Jannin, Vincent; Lemagnen, Gilles; Gueroult, Pascale; Larrouture, Denis;...

one type of incontinence pad is superior with regard to skin health. A pessary is a medical device that is inserted into the vagina. The most common kind...

physician Edward Bliss Foote designed and sold an early form of occlusive pessary under the name "womb veil" starting in the 1860s. American birth control...

ISSN 0033-7617. PMID 11615086. "United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries (1936) | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia". embryo.asu.edu. Archived from...

United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, 86 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1936) (often just U.S. v. One Package), was an in rem United States Court of...

it be used sparingly in women with a history of conization. A cervical pessary is being studied as an alternative to cervical cerclage since there are...

where physicians debated whether the specification of pessaries was a ban on simply pessaries, or a blanket ban on all abortion methods. Scribonius Largus...

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Little research has been focused on the suppository (anal insertion) or pessary (vaginal insertion) methods of administration, also known as "plugging"...

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19th-century American form of barrier contraception consisting of an occlusive pessary, i.e. a device inserted into the vagina to block access of the sperm into...

the Classical Greek world Hippocrates (ca. B.C. 460–370) recommended a pessary prepared from narcissus oil for uterine tumors, a practice continued by...

requires six hour dosing or it can come as a slow release dinoprostone pessary that does not need to be re-administered and can be taken out if necessary...

therapy for post-menopausal women and insertion of a pessary into the vagina. Vaginal pessaries can immediately relieve prolapse and prolapse-related...

protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis. A 200 mg pessary is inserted into the vagina at bedtime for 3 nights or a 600 mg pessary is inserted once only at bedtime. The...

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well as fungal infections from Candida spp. Taken orally, or as a vaginal pessary, it is used in the treatment of a wide range of infections of the genito-urinary...

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Ointment Hydrogel Insufflation Mucoadhesive microdisc Urogenital Ointment Pessary Vaginal ring Douche Intrauterine device (IUD) Extra-amniotic infusion Intravesical...

physiotherapy); more serious prolapse, e.g., complete procidentia, requires pessary use or reconstructive surgical treatment. Reconstructive pelvic prolapse...