Patient experience of pain during vaginal pessary removal and insertion: a service evaluation study

ConclusionsPessary removal causes most women moderate pain, which should be communicated to patients beforehand. Ring pessaries are significantly less painful to change than other pessary types. Clinicians should consider pain as a factor in their decision-making surrounding pessary choice and when counselling patients. Future research should focus on ways to reduce pain during pessary removal.

Source: International Urogynecology Journal - September 2, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research