Table of Contents

1.Historical review. 2. Pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse. 3. Incontinence pessaries. 4. Pessary fitting. 5. Pessary care. 6.Outcomes of pessary use. 7.Current clinical studies in vaginal pessaries.

About the Author

Teresa Tam, MD, FACOG, FACS, is a gynecologist in private practice at All for Women Healthcare, SC in Chicago and Skokie, Illinois; she is also the Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery at Amita Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Since 2014, she has been invited annually to be a clinical seminar speaker on the topic of vaginal pessaries at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Matthew F. Davies, MD, FACOG, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State University as well as Chief of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Penn State Health – Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania. His other roles are as Vice-Chair of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety and Assistant Residency Program Director. Formerly the Assistant Fellowship Director in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Dr. Davies’ second fellow was Dr. Teresa Tam; together they developed a video on pessary insertion techniques when she was in the fellowship.