Sentences with phrase «around the cervix»

Instead of forming a seal around the cervix, the SoftCup sits at an angle.

The results suggested that women who received the thicker thread had increased inflammation around the cervix.

Here, you'll receive either general, spinal, or epidural anesthesia, while a surgeon stitches around the cervix to help prevent it from shortening and opening too early, causing preterm birth.

In order to do this, your healthcare provider will sweep his or finger around your cervix, gently detaching your amniotic sac from your uterine wall.

A cervical pessary is a plastic device that can be placed around the cervix in order to keep it closed and «long» in the hope that it will prevent preterm delivery.

For the conventional «Pap» smear test, cells are scraped from around the cervix — the neck of the womb — and «smeared» on to a slide.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) usually haunt the nether regions, whether germs have set up shop in the urethra, clustered around the cervix, or burrowed inside a cell.

Instead of forming a seal around the cervix, the SoftCup sits at an angle.

«The results suggested that women who received the thicker thread had increased inflammation around the cervix,» said co-author David MacIntyre, a lecturer in reproductive systems medicine at Imperial College London.

Crucially, the team also found women who received the thicker thread had more potentially harmful bacteria in the vagina and around the cervix.

Dr David MacIntyre, scientific lead of the study, also from the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial explained: «At the beginning of the trial, all women had similar types of naturally - occurring bacteria, called Lactobacillus, in their birth canal and around their cervix.

«Crucially, we also found that women who received the thicker thread had more potentially harmful bacteria in the vagina and around the cervix.»