Researchers are successfully taking a page from human medicine when it comes to treating one common cause of pregnancy loss in mares: cervical incompetence. Recently, Stefania Bucca, DVM, of the Qatar ...

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 ...

Akila Subramaniam, MD, MPH, Boyi Guo, MS, Elena Lobashevsky, MD, PhD, William van der Pol, MS, Elliot Lefkowitz, PhD, Casey Morrow, PhD, Jeff M Szychowski, PhD ...

Cervical cerclage with a multifilament braided suture was associated with a threefold increased risk for intrauterine death and a nearly twofold increased risk for preterm birth (PTB), according to a ...

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 ...

(HealthDay News) — Cervical cerclage is a commonly performed obstetric procedure and its rate of use has remained steady in recent years, according to a study published online July 7 in Obstetrics & ...

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 ...

Some surprises are in store for first-time mother Lucero "Luci" Hanson this Mother's Day. "The gifts are figured out," said husband Philip Hanson. 30. "The details, not yet." Violet was born Nov. 18 ...

To study the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and gestational age (GA) at delivery in patients with cervical insufficiency (CI) undergoing cerclage. We accessed a database of patients with ...

Women carrying twins are at higher risk for premature birth and miscarriage - those whose cervix dilates before 24 weeks are at highest risk - and yet one common treatment is not recommended for this ...