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...

offered. A pessary - which is a small plastic or silicone device can be placed either temporarily or permanently to prop the uterus forward. Pessaries are linked...

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

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

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

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...

Management of mild cases of uterine prolapse include pelvic floor therapy and pessaries. More severe cases may require surgical intervention, including removal...

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

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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

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...

Italian. He died at Thomasville, Georgia in 1903. Thomas pessary — A form of uterine pessary Dorland's - 1938 Southampton summer colony Kelly, Howard...

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

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...

this manner may be given to act locally or systemically. Vaginally as a pessary, primarily to treat vaginal infections. A bolus is the administration of...

conception, smear a paste of dates, acacia, and honey to wool and apply as a pessary." Diabetes mellitus: "Drink a mixture including elderberry, asit plant...

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...

includes a device inserted into the pelvic area (i.e. a cervical cap, IUD, pessary, etc.); an allergy to spermicides or latex in condoms; or, exposure to...

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

menopausal vaginitis can be treated with short term use of vaginal estrogen pessary and use of a moisturizer. Individuals who smoke or are exposed to smog...

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recurrence. As opposed to topical creams, the use of vaginal estrogen from pessaries has not been as useful as low dose antibiotics. Antibiotics following...

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

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...

Gynecological Papyrus from about 1850 BC. It describes various contraceptive pessaries, including acacia gum, which recent research has confirmed to have spermatocidal...