Gina M. Northington

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century it was taught that vaginal hysterectomy could not be performed if the uterus was enlarged, but uterine size was never quantified. Other suggested contraindications included a ‘narrow vagina…

Information regarding the role of cholinergic nerves in mediating vaginal smooth muscle contraction is sparse, and in vitro studies of the effects of muscarinic agonists on vaginal smooth muscle are discrepant. The goal of this study was to…