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  2. Stenosis of uterine cervix - Wikipedia

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    Cervical canal widening can be temporarily achieved by the insertion of dilators into the cervix. If the stenosis is caused by scar tissue, a laser treatment can be used to vaporize the scarring. [5] Finally, the surgical enlargement of the cervical canal can be performed by hysteroscopic shaving of the cervical tissue. [6]

  3. Pap test - Wikipedia

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    The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), [1] cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), [2] or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb) or, more rarely, anus (in both men and women). [3]

  4. What is an incompetent cervix: causes, symptoms, treatments - AOL

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    The first is a cerclage — stitches placed at the base of the cervix to keep it closed. Napierata was too far along for a cerclage, so she was placed on bedrest for the remainder of her pregnancy.

  5. Cervix - Wikipedia

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    The cervix grows in size at a smaller rate than the body of the uterus, so the relative size of the cervix over time decreases, decreasing from being much larger than the body of the uterus in fetal life, twice as large during childhood, and decreasing to its adult size, smaller than the uterus, after puberty. [10]

  6. What Is Peyronie’s Disease? What You Need to Know, From ...

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    Pain occurs in about 20 to 70 percent of men with Peyronie’s disease during the acute phase. Shortening or narrowing of the privates. In severe cases, some men lose around 0.5-1.5 cm of length.

  7. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - Wikipedia

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    The cause of CIN is chronic infection of the cervix with HPV, especially infection with high-risk HPV types 16 or 18. It is thought that the high-risk HPV infections have the ability to inactivate tumor suppressor genes such as the p53 gene and the RB gene, thus allowing the infected cells to grow unchecked and accumulate successive mutations, eventually leading to cancer.

  8. Retrograde Discharge: A Man's Guide to Symptoms, Causes ... - AOL

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    Though many men don’t like to talk about it, climax problems are very common. Retrograde Discharge: A Man's Guide to Symptoms, Causes, Treatments & More Skip to main content

  9. Cervical weakness - Wikipedia

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    Definitions of cervical weakness vary, but one that is frequently used is the inability of the uterine cervix to retain a pregnancy in the absence of the signs and symptoms of clinical contractions, or labor, or both in the second trimester. [1] Cervical weakness may cause miscarriage or preterm birth during the