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Cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancies.
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SUBMITTER: Abdel-Aleem H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9713761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancies.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20221201
<h4>Background</h4>Preterm birth (PTB), defined as birth prior to 37 weeks of gestation, occurs in ten percent of all pregnancies. PTB is responsible for more than half of neonatal and infant mortalities and morbidities. Because cervical insufficiency is a common cause of PTB, one possible preventive strategy involves insertion of a cervical pessary to support the cervix. Several published studies have compared the use of pessary with different management options and obtained questionable result ...[more]