Comparison of transabdominal and transvaginal sonography in measuring cervical lenghts in midpregnancy Objective: To compare the transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonographic measuring of cervical length in midtrimester of pregnancy. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was performed in a university hospital. The pregnant women between 18-20 weeks gestation were included to the stu...

Mid-pregnancy cervical length in nulliparous women and its association with post-term delivery and intrapartum caesarean delivery Abstract Objective: To evaluate the association between mid-pregnancy cervical length and post-term delivery and caesarean delivery during labour. Study Design: In a multicentre cohort study, cervical length was measured in low-risk singleton pregnancies between 16 a...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the risk of preterm delivery of twin pregnancies based upon sonographic cervical length measurement and gestational age at measurement. METHODS Twin pregnancies that delivered between 1999 and 2005 and that underwent sonographic measurement of cervical length between 13 and 34 + 6 weeks' gestation were identified and a retrospective review performed. Women with anomalou...

In the present study, eight specimens of sheep (>1 year) of both sexes were dissected to provide a comprehensive description of the weight, allocation and nerve branches of the cranial cervical ganglion. The cranial cervical ganglion was found beneath the mandibular salivary gland. It was located ventromedial to tympanic bulla and ventrally to atlantic fossa. In three out of eight animals it wa...

OBJECTIVE In a previous study conducted in the UK we demonstrated that only 8% of women with threatened preterm labor deliver within 7 days. Furthermore, delivery within 7 days occurred in less than 1% of women presenting with a sonographically measured cervical length > or = 15 mm, compared to 37% in those with cervical length < 15 mm. In this study we investigate the potential value of cervic...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to figure out whether volumetric gray-scale histogram difference between anterior and posterior cervix can indicate the extent of cervical consistency. METHODS We collected data of 95 patients who were appropriate for vaginal delivery with 36th to 37th weeks of gestational age from September 2010 to October 2011 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea Unive...

Worldwide, preterm birth annually affects more than 15 million infants. Despite increasing knowledge of the risk factors and mechanisms associated with preterm labor, the preterm birth rate has risen in most industrialized countries. The ability to identify women at high risk for spontaneous preterm birth is crucial yet remains difficult. The aim of the present study was to assess the value of ...

OBJECTIVE To establish a centile chart of cervical length between 18 and 32 weeks of gestation in a low-risk population of women. METHODS A prospective longitudinal cohort study of women with a low risk, singleton pregnancy using public healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. Transvaginal measurement of cervical length was performed between 16 and 32 weeks of gestation and used to c...

OBJECTIVE To examine the potential value of preinduction cervical length, cervical elastography and angle of progression (AOP) in prediction of successful vaginal delivery and induction-to-delivery interval. METHODS This was a prospective study in 99 women with singleton pregnancy undergoing preinduction ultrasound assessment at 35-42 weeks' gestation. Cervical length, elastographic score at ...