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Re: Pessary From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com) Thu Jan 31 19:31:03 2002 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joe Cutchin: "Re: malpractice insurance" Previous message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: Amnioinfusion" In reply to: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Pessary" The old red rubber ones would need replacement just cause they stank to you know where! The new silicone ones rarely get smelly like that and last for years. I have a patient who is a diabetic who has had a pessary for the last 15-17 years (I don't recall if she came to me my first, second or third year here). She has been evaluated by several urologists over the years and the opinion of her bladder function was and is that any surgery would likely render her needing intermittent straight cath. I have used a number of different pessaries - currently the incontinence dish with knob is doing the best at keeping the cuystocele up and allowing her to void fairly normally. Joanne At Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Steve & Eryl Raymond wrote: > >Used to use these only as a stop gap while the patient was on a waiting list for >surgery, so the question of what to do long-term raely arose, but I have had one >or two women so afraid of surgery that they have kept them indefinitely. In >those cases, if they can't or won't clean them themselves, I would do it for >them every three months. Usually, a new one would be required after about the >third time. >stray > -- Joanne Bulley, MD Keene, NH, USA ~*~ let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me ~*~ Next message: Joe Cutchin: "Re: malpractice insurance" Previous message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: Amnioinfusion" In reply to: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Pessary"

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