Items tagged “vagina”
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Pessary
A pessary is a device inserted into the vagina which can either be mechanical or pharmaceutical.
Terminology
Strictly speaking, a pessary only refers to a medical device designed to be placed in the vagina to support the pelvic floor. Therefore, stating vaginal pessary is tautologous, although...
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Transverse vaginal septum
Transverse vaginal (transvaginal) septum (TVS) is a type of rare congenital uterovaginal anomaly (class II under the Rock and Adam classification).
Epidemiology
It is rare with a frequency of 1 in 70,000 females.
Clinical presentation
In the case of a complete septum, patients commonly prese...
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Fornix (vagina)
The fornices are superior recesses of the vagina formed by the protrusion of the cervix into the vaginal vault. There is a large posterior fornix and a smaller anterior fornix with two small lateral fornices.
History and etymology
Fornix is Latin for 'arch'.
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Vulvodynia
Vulvodynia is defined as chronic pain of the vulva of at least three months duration, without an obviously identifiable cause and it is a diagnosis of exclusion and a form of idiopathic pain disorder 1,2.
Epidemiology
The incidence of vulvodynia was reported to be ~5% (range 4-8%) in reproduc...