Category: C

  • Combined therapy

    The use of two or more treatments at the same time.  

  • Columnar cell

    A type of epithelial cell shaped like a column. An epithelial cell with height greater than its width.  

  • Colpotomy

    A surgical operation to make a cut in the vagina. An incision made into the wall of the vagina.  

  • Colposuspension

    A surgical operation to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles to prevent incontinence.  

  • Colpoptosis

    A prolapse of the walls of the vagina. The dropping of the vagina from its normal position, which may happen under the action of gravity if the supporting tissues are weak. The condition can be corrected by colpopexy.  

  • Colpoplasty

    A surgical operation to repair a damaged vagina.  

  • Colpopexy

    A surgical operation to fix a prolapsed vagina to the abdominal wall. The stitching of a displaced vagina to the abdominal wall. Loss of the normal position of the vagina may be caused by the action of gravity if the supporting tissues are weak. Suture of a relaxed and prolapsed vagina to the pelvic wall.…

  • Colpohysterectomy

    A surgical operation in which the womb is removed through the vagina. The surgical extraction of the uterus through the vaginal passage.  

  • Colpocystopexy

    A surgical operation to lift and stitch the vagina and bladder to the abdominal wall.  

  • Colpocystitis

    Inflammation of both the vagina and the urinary bladder.