Evaluation of the efficacy of cervical pessary combined with vaginal progesterone in women with a short cervix and additional risk factors for preterm delivery.

George Daskalakis Dimitrios Zacharakis Vasileiοs PergialiotisKonstantinos KalmantisMarianna Theodora Charalambos Siristatidis Panagiotis Antsaklis Aris Antsaklis Dimitrios Loutradis

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2019)

The combined treatment of cervical pessary and vaginal progesterone has a similar influence on preterm delivery rate < 34 weeks, in both low and high-risk women, with a mid-trimester short cervix.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
gestational age
low birth weight
estrogen receptor
combination therapy