(n.) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
(n.) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
Example Sentences:
(1) The substance benzalconium chloride (BZC) was contained in vaginal sponges (n = 46), pessaries (n = 4) and cream (n = 6) at a dose rate of 1.18%.
(2) Gemeprost 1 mg vaginal pessaries were inserted at 3 hr intervals for a maximum of 5 doses.
(3) It is concluded that PGE2 vaginal tablets--a chemically stable alternative to pharmacy prepared pessaries--appear to be effective as regards cervical ripening as well as for labor induction.
(4) Each ewe was inseminated in the uterus with fresh semen 24 h after pessary withdrawal.
(5) All 50 women who received gemeprost vaginal pessaries every 3 hours aborted within 48 hours, while 10% who received them every 6 hours did not abort.
(6) Of the potentially useful compounds, only derivatives of prostaglandins E and F administered by vaginal pessary have so far been shown to be effective.
(7) A single course of 4 x 1 mg gemeprost pessaries was administered every six hours.
(8) This double-blind study is concerned with the efficacy and safety of a new prostaglandin E1-analogue (16,16'-dimethyl-trans-delta 2PGE1-methylester) (Gemeprost) (ONO-802), which was administered as a single 1 mg vaginal pessary three hours prior to legal abortion.
(9) Both groups showed a rise in plasma PGE2 levels in keeping with the release profiles of the pessaries.
(10) Moreover, women who received RU-486 required significantly fewer gemeprost pessaries (median of 3) than controls (median of 5); the former women also required significantly less analgesia.
(11) In a randomized, double-blind clinical trial from general practice, 500 mg metronidazole pessaries applied once daily for seven days were compared with placebo in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
(12) These results suggest that in many women the number of pessaries used to induce mid-trimester abortion could be reduced by lengthening the interval between insertion of pessaries within the first 24 h, without loss of clinical efficacy.
(13) A questionnaire study was carried out to investigate the needs of women undergoing a medical abortion induced by mifepristone in combination with either gemeprost pessaries or oral misoprostol.
(14) This correction is made either by putting a pessary, either by a surgical cure unless the risk should be too important for the patient.
(15) The mean (SD) induction-abortion interval (IAI) in the vaginal pessary group of 19.5 (8.4) h was significantly longer than the respective intervals of 14.4 (9.3) and 16.1 (6.8) h in the patients treated extra- or intra-amniotically (P less than 0.001).
(16) In order to define the patterns of TSH, T4, T3, rT3, GH and cortisol during the estrous cycle of sheep, pluriparous and primiparous ewes were synchronized with progestagen-impregnated pessaries (Veramix) at the start of the normal breeding season.
(17) In a prospective randomized trial of 106 patients who had spontaneously ruptured their membranes greater than or equal to 4 hours in the absence of labour, vaginal prostaglandin E2 pessaries and intravenous Syntocinon were compared.
(18) One hundred fourteen women received a placebo pessary and 101 received the hydrogel pessary, containing 10 mg of prostaglandin (PG) E2.
(19) Though isoconazole was formulated for single dose usage, econazole was formulated for a regimen of one pessary a night for three nights.
(20) After insertion of the pessary, 44 women received an oral analgesic drug and 9 an intramuscular opioid.
Vaginal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
Example Sentences:
(1) All the women had vaginal ultrasound velocimetry studies in both mainstem uterine arteries through the parametrium before the surgical procedure and again after the procedure.
(2) Neonatal treatment with a low dose of the estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) had no significant effect on adult estrogen binding within the assayed vaginal compartments; however, this treatment caused a 2-fold increase in the level of cytosolic progestin binding in the vaginal FMW over that in vehicle-treated mice.
(3) The affected bowel was replaced through the laceration, and the vaginal defects were sutured with the mares standing, utilizing epidural anesthesia.
(4) In short term clinical studies, the beneficial effects of transdermal estradiol on plasma gonadotrophins, maturation of the vaginal epithelium, metabolic parameters of bone resorption and menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, sleep disturbance, genitourinary discomfort and mood alteration) appear to be comparable to those of oral and subcutaneous estrogens, while the undesirable effects of oral estrogens on hepatic metabolism are avoided.
(5) Hosts showed vaginal opening within 5 days and cornified vaginal smears by 9 days.
(6) A vaginal repair was not detectable radiologically and it did not correct a posterior descent.
(7) The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37), has been studied in the vaginal epithelium, vaginal stroma, endometrium, and whole uterus of spayed mice treated with oestradiol-17 beta, and in the vaginal epithelium and uterus of spayed mice.
(8) Five normal infants were delivered by cesarean section, and one stillborn infant was delivered vaginally.
(9) Development of deep vaginal mycosis had to be observed, which can be treated only systemically.
(10) The Group I, vaginal approach, with 35 patients and Group II, retropubic surgery, with 63 patients.
(11) Focus in this discussion is on the following: 1) female sterilization -- laparotomy, minilaparotomy, and colpotomy; endoscopic sterilization techniques; transcervical approaches to female sterilization; systemic nonsurgical female sterilization; and reversible techniques of female sterilization; 2) abortion -- pregnancy testing, long-term effects; and 3) systemic contraceptives -- steroidal contraception; locally active methods; vaginal foams, creams, and jellies; the diaphragm and other intravaginal barriers; IUDs; and periodic abstine nce.
(12) Hamsters with TNx retained their ability to detect odors, but demonstrated reduced attraction to vaginal odors as compared with unoperated animals.
(13) In the first experiment, vaginal slices alone, unglycerolized semen, and vaginal slices plus semen, all in a phosphate-buffered saline were studied.
(14) At a depth of 0.5-1.5 cm from the lateral vaginal fornix there were three different arteries in each woman.
(15) The substance benzalconium chloride (BZC) was contained in vaginal sponges (n = 46), pessaries (n = 4) and cream (n = 6) at a dose rate of 1.18%.
(16) The results of an experimental and clinical study on the benzydamine binding and distribution in vaginal mucosa are presented, employing benzydamine solution for gynaecological use.
(17) The most common complaint accompanying the rupture was abdominal pain; secondary complaints were signs of blood loss, such as vaginal bleeding, decreased hematocrit level, and decreased blood pressure.
(18) Verbal feedback training consisted of instructing the patient to squeeze the vaginal muscles around the examiner's fingers and providing her with verbal performance feedback.
(19) The mononuclear cell component of the giant cell tumor was cytologically malignant and the giant cell tumor was present in a biopsy of vaginal recurrence.
(20) Mares may suffer from a variety of genital injuries including vulval separations, vaginal lacerations and, less commonly, vaginal rupture.