My provider tells me that I have some pelvic organ prolapse and recommends a pessary for treatment. What is a pessary? Do you think it’s a good option? If you have prolapse of your bladder, rectum, ...

Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal and infant death and of disability among survivors. It is unclear whether a pessary inserted around the cervix reduces the risk of preterm singleton ...

A pessary is a device that can help support the pelvic organs and hold them in place. A user inserts it through the vagina to manage symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse. A pelvic organ prolapse occurs ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preterm delivery or neonatal death occurred in 45.5% of the pessary group vs. 45.6% of the usual care group.

A study comparing cervical pessary and vaginal progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth in women with a short cervix of ≤ 35 mm found no significant difference between the interventions for ...

A cervical pessary does not reduce the rate of spontaneous early preterm birth in women and girls with a shortened cervix compared with expectant management, a new multicenter, randomized controlled ...