The perineum is the area of the skin and muscle stretching between your vaginal opening and your anus. Perineal massage is a way of preparing the tissues of the perineum, the area between your vagina ...

Gardner, PA) and water ad libitum. Animal care personnel requested a veterinarian to examine a mouse with perineal swelling. The mouse was approximately 10 weeks old and was part of a breeding ...

Are women with birth injuries taken seriously and given good medical care? Many of those affected would say no. Melanie R. is ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD A perineal hernia is a protrusion of organs and tissues into the abdominal cavity. It develops when the pelvic floor ...

The history and clinical findings pointed to the diagnosis of “biker’s nodule” (perineal nodular induration). This is a usually solitary, in our patient bilateral, firm subcutaneous nodule ...

If you've had a vaginal delivery, chances are you either had a perineal tear or an episiotomy (when the obstetrician makes a ...

Perineal tears are also called vaginal tears or perineal lacerations. After a third- or fourth-degree perineal tear or another complex birth injury, our urogynecologists can help treat your symptoms ...

Objectives: To evaluate reports that describe relapse or recurrence following treatment of perineal streptococcal dermatitis (PSD), we studied a large cohort of children with these perianal or ...

A multi-institutional clinical trial showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches.

As a result, Will can’t lift up his foot. He had several surgeries to add cadaver nerves and ligaments to his leg, which are ...

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