Symptomatic and anatomic improvement of pelvic organ prolapse in vaginal pessary users

A randomized clinical trial comparing internal and external pessaries in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal women: A pilot study

“…The results described above for the internal pessary are in line with those of some studies published in the literature. The study by Mendes et al included 50 women with POP who were treated with internal pessaries and re-evaluated after 4 months of treatment and showed a reduction in prolapse according to the POP-Q classification 72 h after pessary removal [20] .…”

“…The studies that evaluated the POP-Q stage in women with POP treated with pessaries also included a re-evaluation performed a short time before pessary removal. Thus, it is possible that POP-Q stage improvement does not persist in the long term in women with POP treated with internal pessaries that are later removed [ 20 , 21 ].…”