In one example, a vaginal stent having a top and a bottom and includes from a proximal end of the stent to a distal end of the stent, a knob portion, a neck portion which adjoins a body portion in a shoulder region, and a body with a top surface and a bottom surface. In the foregoing stent, a periphery of a cross section of the body is taken midway along the body along a longitudinal axis of the body, in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the stent, defining a flattened shape having a major axis and a minor axis. An associated method of using the stent is also disclosed.
