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 ...

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 ...

It is unclear whether a pessary inserted around the cervix reduces the risk of preterm singleton birth. We conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing pessary placement with ...

To the Editor: Nicolaides et al. (March 17 issue) 1 report a high rate of pessary removal (24.5% in <34 weeks) in women with singleton pregnancies who had a short cervical length at 20 to 24 weeks ...

Credit: Getty Images. Findings showed the device may increase the risk of fetal or neonatal/infant death. Among women with a short cervix, the use of a cervical pessary did not result in a ...

The study is the first randomized trial to examine the use of a pessary to prevent premature birth. Elena Carreras, from the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, coordinator of ...