. Diseases of women. A clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment. , and. then when she is ud andj. about. Treatment ofchronic retroflexion.— If the body of the uterusis not tender, the treat-ment is the same as thatof prolapse; it mattersnothing whether theuterus is straight or bent, anteverted or retroverted. All that is wanted is tosupport it. A ring, or a Hodges pessary, should be appliedas for prolapse, and worn with the same if the body of the uterus is tender, complete relief willnot be given unless the uterus is kept in a position of ante-version. A hard pessary wh
. Diseases of women. A clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment. , and. then when she is ud andj. about. Treatment ofchronic retroflexion.— If the body of the uterusis not tender, the treat-ment is the same as thatof prolapse; it mattersnothing whether theuterus is straight or bent, anteverted or retroverted. All that is wanted is tosupport it. A ring, or a Hodges pessary, should be appliedas for prolapse, and worn with the same if the body of the uterus is tender, complete relief willnot be given unless the uterus is kept in a position of ante-version. A hard pessary which presses on the tender uterinebody will make the patients pain worse. Choice of a pessary.—In the treatment of retroflexionthe first thing to aim at is to put the uterus in a positionof anteversion (Fig. 60). Apply Hodges pessary, and feelbimanually the position of the uterus. If the displacementbe not reduced, pass the sound, and with it put the uterusinto a position of anteversion. The precise shape of theHodges pessary is unimportant. The essentials are: it. Fig. 60.—Hodges pessary anteverting uterus. 154 DISEASES OF WOMEN.
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