Oestrogen cream did not improve the continuation rate of ring pessary use and satisfaction among postmenopausal women with ...

Starting off with Ancient Egypt, we’ve got some interesting options. Amazingly, we have two separate papyri that talk about ...

The global pessary market is set to experience remarkable expansion, driven by increased awareness of incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. According to a recent report by Future Market Insights, ...

I put it in myself by folding it in half like a taco. But I can't seem to grip and fold it well enough to remove it. My regular gynecologist is out on maternity leave. My PCP tried, but he couldn't ...

Pessary: A pessary is a device that is placed within the vagina to hold the bladder in place. Pessaries must be removed and cleaned at regular intervals to prevent infection.

Adverse perinatal outcomes also seemed to occur more frequently in the pessary group (24% vs 12%; relative risk, 2.1 [95% CI, 0.95-4.60]), in the subgroup analysis, according to the researchers.

Dijk, C. E. et al. (2024). Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks ...

However, improved guidance in pessary care is needed. Although there are good data on quality-of-life improvement with pessary use, the data on pessary fitting and management are of low quality. The ...

A healthy weight puts less pressure on your pelvic organs. Pessary. Your doctor can prescribe a rubber or plastic doughnut-shaped device that's inserted in your vagina to hold your uterus in place.

Self-management of a pessary to treat pelvic organ prolapse in women leads to fewer complications and could save the NHS money, research has shown. The study at Glasgow Caledonian University’s ...