Book chapter
433 Pessaries and Devices: Nonsurgical Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence
Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology, pp.433-440
CRC Press, 5
2023
DOI: 10.1201/9781003144236-48
Abstract
Pessaries, or devices placed in the vagina to support the uterus or vaginal walls, have been used for thousands of years to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Hippocrates documented the use of pomegranates soaked in vinegar as vaginal pessaries, and ring pessaries made of wood, cork, silver, and gold were described in the early 1700s (1, 2). In the nineteenth century, the development of pessaries made out of vulcanized rubber allowed safer long-term use (2). Pessaries remained the treatment of choice for POP through the early 1900s when over 100 types of pessaries were available, but their use declined in the following decades as developments in aseptic techniques and anesthesia made surgical correction more feasible.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- 433 Pessaries and Devices: Nonsurgical Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Creators
- Joseph T. KowalskiCatherine S. Bradley
- Contributors
- Linda Cardozo (Editor)David Staskin (Editor)Lori A. Birder (Editor)Rufus Cartwright (Editor)Nikki Cotterill (Editor)Roger R. Dmochowski (Editor)Ian Milsom (Editor)Victor W. Nitti (Editor)Christian Phillips (Editor)Dudley Robinson (Editor)Eric S. Rovner (Editor)Peter K. Sand (Editor)Philip Toozs-Hobson (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology, pp.433-440
- Edition
- 5
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- DOI
- 10.1201/9781003144236-48
- Alternative title
- Pessaries and Devices
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9984410785902771
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