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Cervical Entrapment of a Polythene Vaginal Ring Pessary — a Clinical Curiosity
Author(s) -
MBBSCey M. Sivasuriya
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1987.tb00975.x
Subject(s) - pessary , curiosity , medicine , entrapment , surgery , psychology , social psychology
Summary: An extremely rare complication of cervical entrapment of a polythene ring pessary within an epithelial ‘tunnel’ of the cervix is reported. The pessary was removed by dividing a segment of it with bone cutting forceps.