319: Altered vaginal cytokine expression in patients receiving pessary treatment for short cervix
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Alternative treatment for a short cervix: the cervical pessary.
Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality in the United States. The risk of preterm birth is inversely proportional to the length of the cervix on transvaginal sonography. The traditional treatment for a short cervix has been cerclage and recently there are newer trials using progesterone for this same indication. This manuscript reviews the published data regardin...
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OBJECTIVE The purpose was to determine the effect of vaginal pessaries in patients at risk for spontaneous preterm birth (SPB). STUDY DESIGN Transvaginal sonography (TVS) was longitudinally performed to measure cervical length (CL) in 258 singleton at risk for SPB and 282 twin pregnancies. Pairs with or without treatment were matched for gestational age and the CL at examination. RESULTS In...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-9378
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.11.340