Evaluating Compliance and Applicability of Postpartum Pessary Use for Preventing and Treating Pelvic floor Dysfunction: A Prospective Multicenter Study
Abstract:Purpose: Pelvic floor disorders are common and associated with pregnancy and childbirth. For restitution of pelvic floor connective tissue and thereby therapy of postpartum pelvic organ prolapse and stress-urinary incontinence the Restifem® pessary is approved. It supports the anterior vaginal wall behind the symphysis, the lateral sulci and the sacrouterinum ligaments and stabilises the connective tissue. We evaluated the compliance and applicability of Restifem® use in women postpartum in a preventive and th… Show more
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