Does a cervical pessary reduce the rate of preterm birth in women with a short cervix?

Kyoko KumagaiJun MurotsukiSatoshi DohiNaomi NishikawaNaomi KimuraMakoto NomiyamaSatoshi OsagaMasahide OkiAkihito NakaiMayumi Sugiura-OgasawaraYasuhiko Ozaki

Published in: Journal of perinatal medicine (2022)

The cervical pessary effectively reduced CL shortening during pregnancy resulting in an average increased gestational age, however, did not reduced the rates of preterm birth.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
gestational age
birth weight
low birth weight
physical activity