Credit: Getty Images. Findings showed the device may increase the risk of fetal or neonatal/infant death. Among women with a short cervix, the use of a cervical pessary did not result in a reduction ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preterm delivery or neonatal death occurred in 45.5% of the pessary group vs. 45.6% of the usual care group.

(HealthDay News) — For women with a twin pregnancy, insertion of a cervical pessary is not associated with a reduction in the rate of spontaneous early preterm birth, according to a study published ...

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Having twins accounts for only 1.5% of all births but 25% of preterm births, the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Successful strategies for reducing singleton preterm births include ...

A cervical pessary does not reduce the rate of spontaneous early preterm birth in women and girls with a shortened cervix compared with expectant management, a new multicenter, randomized controlled ...

Women with a short cervix around 20 weeks of pregnancy have an increased risk of preterm birth. Preventing preterm birth in pregnant women with a short cervix is a crucial step in protecting the ...

Women who used a cervical pessary had a lower spontaneous preterm birth rate at less than 34 weeks of pregnancy compared with women who did not use a pessary, according to findings recently published ...

Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2015 - Having twins accounts for only 1.5% of all births but 25% of preterm births, the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Successful strategies for reducing ...

Use of a cervical pessary may prevent spontaneous preterm birth in women with a shortened cervix in comparison to women who did not use the device, a study found. This randomized controlled trial ...

To the Editor: Nicolaides et al. (March 17 issue) 1 report a high rate of pessary removal (24.5% in <34 weeks) in women with singleton pregnancies who had a short cervical length at 20 to 24 weeks of ...

Having twins accounts for only 1.5% of all births but 25% of preterm births, the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Successful strategies for reducing singleton preterm births include ...