Re: 7 mos.post hyster-rectocele is back-do pessaries help rectocele?Dr or?
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 12 May 2002 20:10:09 -0500 (CDT)
Pessaries actually work quite well for most women. Different pessaries
for different people, like shoes. You need to try them out to get the
best fit.
Dr. M
At Sun, 12 May 2002, pinch wrote:
>
>Had TVH w/ A&P [really don't think rectocele was repaired as I did not
>have stitches there but dr is inisisting that "husband's knot" works to
>hold it----so far it hasn't.]repairs in Oct 2001. Rectocele is here and
>HUGE. Want to wait a few months for surgery...Do pessaries help to
>relieve symptoms until surgery arrives?
>If so, what type works best? Symptoms are: low back and tail bone pain,
>having to splint, feeling like I am sitting on a golf ball, and painful
>cramping in the back vaginal wall.
>Thanks!!!
>Pinch
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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