VAGINAL TAMPONNEMENT—GALVANIC MEASURE.

Post-use assay of vaginal rings (VRs) as a potential measure of clinical trial adherence

Adherence measurement for microbicide use within the clinical trial setting remains a challenge for the HIV prevention field. This paper describes an assay method used for determining residual dapivirine levels in post-use vaginal rings from clinical trials conducted with the Dapivirine Vaginal Matrix Ring-004 developed by the International Partnership for Microbicides to prevent male to female...

Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy versus Vaginal Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy is one of the commonest gynecological operations. The outcomes following vaginal hysterectomy have been proved to be better than those following abdominal hysterectomy. Since the availability and widespread use of laparoscopic hysterectomy, the mode of hysterectomy is an issue of debate in cases of non prolapsed uteri, amongst proponents of vaginal and laparoscopic surgery. Laparos...

Vaginal Cyst

Vaginal Atresia

lath June 1890. Disease.?Vaginal atresia (Imperforatehymen hypertrophied). A girl named Gadi, ait. 15 years, a dhobi by caste, residing in Muthanapallij was admitted into the Municipal Hospital, Guntur, 011 the 5th June 1890, stating that she never menstruated up to date, and that about five days ago she felt bearing-down pains in the loins and lower abdomen, which drew her attention to a tense...

Vaginal microbicides.

The focus of this review will be to highlight articles from 2000 and up to August 2001 that demonstrate the challenges in the evaluation of candidate microbicides, and the ways in which investigators have approached these challenges.