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Descriptor English: Pessaries
Descriptor Spanish: Pesarios
Descriptor pesarios
Scope note: Dispositivos que se colocan en la vagina para sostener el útero o el recto desplazados. Son utilizados en situaciones como el PROLAPSO UTERINO, el CISTOCELE o el RECTOCELE.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pessários
Descriptor French: Pessaires
Entry term(s): Pessary
Tree number(s): E07.858.499
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010570
Scope note: Devices worn in the vagina to provide support to displaced uterus or rectum. Pessaries are used in conditions such as UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE; or RECTOCELE.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10759
Unique ID: D010570
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Pessaries - Preferred
Concept UI M0016427
Scope note Devices worn in the vagina to provide support to displaced uterus or rectum. Pessaries are used in conditions such as UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE; or RECTOCELE.
Preferred term Pessaries
Entry term(s) Pessary



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