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Is it safe and effective to maintain the vaginal pessary without removing it for 2 consecutive years?

Alessio MiceliManuel Fernández-SánchezJuan Polo-PadilloJosé-Luis Dueñas-Díez
Published in: International urogynecology journal (2020)
A high success rate and low adverse events rate were achieved in patients with advanced-stage POP with continuous pessary use for 24 months, indicating that a ring pessary could also be used without periodic removal for at least the first 2 years. This practice could reduce the number of control visits.
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