To compare the anterior uterocervical angle and cervical length as predictors of spontaneous preterm delivery in patients with transvaginal cerclage. We retrospectively evaluated a cohort of 142 ...

Post-cerclage cervical length (CL) was a significant predictor of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB; < 34 weeks of gestation) in women who underwent cervical cerclage, predominantly outperforming ...

Cervical cerclage is a critical intervention in the management of cervical insufficiency, a condition that predisposes to spontaneous mid‐trimester loss and preterm birth. The procedure involves the ...

Women with a history of cervical insufficiency (1 or more second-trimester pregnancy losses in the absence of labor or prior cerclage because of painless cervical dilation in the second trimester) or ...

Cervical incompetence may be caused by a congenital weakness of the cervix, or previous obstetric or gynaecological trauma. It is characterised by painless dilatation of the cervix in the second or ...

Late miscarriages and preterm births can be caused by a weak (sometimes called an incompetent) cervix that shortens or opens too early in pregnancy. Cervical cerclage involves placing a stitch around ...