PESSARIES AS EFFECTIVE AS SURGERY!!!

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Rummaging around on the Internet for more info. on pessary use, I was shocked at the number of sites apparently offering alternative treatments to hysterectomy - only the choice was simply surgery with or without! I was glad to find the study below, which recorded appreciable though limited benefits from pessaries and offered the following conclusion:

"We have also shown that it is possible to continue sexual activity with a pessary in situ. The significant improvement and reduction in bothersomeness of prolapse symptoms after one year of pessary use indicates that this is an alternative option to surgery. The majority of failures occurred in the first 6 months (94%) highlighting the fact that if the pessary was successful at 6 months it is likely to be successful at 12 months. Pessaries have been shown to be as effective as surgery and therefore should be offered as an alternative option to surgery (3). "

Since the women in the study were offered ONLY pessaries, with no advice on diet, exercise, posture etc it is to me very striking that nonetheless so many of them felt things had improved significantly after 6 and 12 months. It would be very interesting if the same study could be repeated, but this time directing the women to this site at the same time as fitting them with pessaries.

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