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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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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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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...

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...

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...

may be achieved via several methods: Disturbance of cervical membranes Pessary of Prostin cream, prostaglandin E2 Intravaginal or oral administration...

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

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

IUDs were first marketed in 1902. Developed from stem pessaries (where the stem held the pessary in place over the cervix), the 'stem' on these devices...