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Relative Cervical Incompetence in Twin Pregnancy. Assessment and Efficacy of Cervical Suture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

D.P. Sinha
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics andGynaecology of University of Aberdeen
V.C. Nandakumar
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey
A.K. Brough
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, UK
M.S. Beebeejaun
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, UK

Abstract

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A total of 88 women with a twin pregnancy who had elective cervical suture were compared with 76 women with a twin pregnancy who had cervical assessment between the 13th and the 28th weeks of gestation but received no active treatment. The incidence of spontaneous onset of labour before 36 weeks was higher in the cervical suture group, and 53.4% of them sustained cervical damage.

Type
Session III: Management of Twin Pregnancy
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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