Pregnancy Outcomes after Treatment for Cervical Cancer Precursor Lesions: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether surgical procedures involving the uterine cervix were associated with pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight, cesarean delivery and pregnancy loss.

Design

Population-based observational study nested in retrospective matched cohort.

Setting

Kaiser Permanente Northwest integrated health plan in Oregon/Washington, U.S.A.

Population

Female health plan members age 14-53 years with documented pregnancies from 1998-2009. Women with prior excisional and ablative cervical surgical procedures (N = 322) were compared to women unexposed to cervical procedures (N = 4,307) and, separately, to those having undergone only diagnostic/biopsy procedures (N = 847).

Methods

Using log-linear regression models, we examined ri

SUBMITTER: Weinmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5214346 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature