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

Sheila WeinmannAllison NalewayGeeta SwamyGirishanthy KrishnarajahBhakti ArondekarJovelle FernandezEvan Myers

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Women with > = 1.0 cm excisional treatment had elevated risk of preterm birth and low birth weight when compared to unexposed women and women with cervical diagnostic procedures. This suggests that increased risk derives from the treatment itself, not from other characteristics. The observed association between pregnancy loss and ablative surgical treatment requires further investigation.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
low birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
preterm infants
human milk
gestational age
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
replacement therapy
skeletal muscle