"Pessaries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Devices worn in the vagina to provide support to displaced uterus or rectum. Pessaries are used in conditions such as UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE; or RECTOCELE.
| Descriptor ID |
D010570
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.499
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pessaries" by people in Profiles.
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"I just wear it and I become normal": a qualitative study of Tanzanian women's experiences with long-term vaginal pessary use for stress urinary incontinence. BMJ Open. 2021 01 20; 11(1):e040009.
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Management of stress urinary incontinence using vaginal incontinence pessaries in rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Int Urogynecol J. 2020 06; 31(6):1091-1097.
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Vaginal pessaries in the management of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse in rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a pre-post interventional study. Int Urogynecol J. 2019 08; 30(8):1313-1321.
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Pelvic organ prolapse. Am Fam Physician. 2010 May 01; 81(9):1111-7.