Vaginal ring pessary
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A vaginal pessary is a device inserted into the vagina which can either be mechanical or pharmaceutical.
A mechanical pessary is most commonly used to treat uterine prolapse. It is also used to treat stress urinary incontinence, a retroverted uterus, cystocelecystocoele and rectocelerectocoele. A bewildering array of shapes and sizes are available.
A pharmaceutical pessary is imbued with compounds active locally.
An understanding of the radiological appearance of some of these devices is useful to avoid miss interpretingmisinterpreting them.
-<p>A <a title="Vaginal pessary" href="/articles/vaginal-pessary"><strong>vaginal pessary</strong></a> is a device inserted into the vagina which can either be mechanical or pharmaceutical.</p><p>A mechanical pessary is most commonly used to treat <a href="/articles/missing">uterine prolapse</a>. It is also used to treat stress urinary incontinence, a retroverted uterus, cystocele and rectocele. A bewildering array of shapes and sizes are available.</p><p>A pharmaceutical pessary is imbued with compounds active locally.</p><p>An understanding of the radiological appearance of some of these devices is useful to avoid miss interpreting them. </p>- +<p>A <a href="/articles/vaginal-pessary"><strong>vaginal pessary</strong></a> is a device inserted into the vagina which can either be mechanical or pharmaceutical.</p><p>A mechanical pessary is most commonly used to treat <a href="/articles/missing">uterine prolapse</a>. It is also used to treat stress urinary incontinence, a retroverted uterus, cystocoele and rectocoele. A bewildering array of shapes and sizes are available.</p><p>A pharmaceutical pessary is imbued with compounds active locally.</p><p>An understanding of the radiological appearance of some of these devices is useful to avoid misinterpreting them. </p>
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