ALLMedicine™ Cervical Insufficiency Center

May 15th, 2022 - Cervical insufficiency (CI) is associated with intra-amniotic infection or inflammation. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in amniotic fluid may protect the fetus against microbial invasion, giving their broad-spectrum microbiocidal properties. We eva...

May 11th, 2022 - We aimed to determine whether various novel inflammatory, angiogenic, and extracellular matrix-related mediators in amniotic fluid (AF) can independently predict emergency cerclage outcomes in women with acute cervical insufficiency (CI). This was...

May 4th, 2022 - Cervical insufficiency is defined as painless cervical dilation in the second trimester. Cervical insufficiency can ultimately lead to second trimester loss of pregnancy. Cerclages are utilized in pregnancies affected by cervical insufficiency in ...

May 3rd, 2022 - This study aimed to determine whether various novel plasma mediators of immune regulation associated with inflammation could independently predict the clinical outcome of rescue cerclage in patients with cervical insufficiency (CI). A total of 41 ...

Apr 19th, 2022 - Preliminary evidence suggests that women with cervical oss insufficiency may have an increased risk to develop pelvic organ prolapse later in life, suggesting a common underlying collagen-oriented mechanism. The objective of this study was to dete...

Nov 29th, 2020 - To review the use, care, and fitting of pessaries. Women requiring the use of vaginal pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse and/or stress urinary incontinence. Use may also be indicated for women with certain pregnancy-related clinical scenarios, in...

Jan 24th, 2014 - The inability of the uterine cervix to retain a pregnancy in the second trimester is referred to as cervical insufficiency. Controversy exists in the medical literature pertaining to issues of pathophysiology, screening, diagnosis, and management ...

Jan 11th, 2014 - The purpose of this guideline is to provide a framework that clinicians can use to determine which women are at greatest risk of having cervical insufficiency and in which set of circumstances a cerclage is of potential value. Published literature...

May 4th, 2022 - Cervical insufficiency is defined as painless cervical dilation in the second trimester. Cervical insufficiency can ultimately lead to second trimester loss of pregnancy. Cerclages are utilized in pregnancies affected by cervical insufficiency in ...

Mar 15th, 2022 - Preterm birth (PTB) continues to be a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The rate of spontaneous PTB (delivery before 37 weeks gestation) is one in ten pregnancies and a history of prior preterm birth remains a risk factor for recu...

Aug 17th, 2017 - Cervical insufficiency is primarily a clinical diagnosis, characterized by painless cervical dilation leading to recurrent second-trimester pregnancy losses/births of otherwise normal pregnancies. Adverse perinatal events associated with cervical ...

Aug 7th, 2012 - While diagnostic hysteroscopy allows panoramic view of the uterus cavity, operational hysteroscopy allows to minimal invasive approach in the intrauterine lesions. Most frequently complications of hysteroscopy are cervical rupture, hemorrhage, fai...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Cervical insufficiency is an important cause of preterm birth and complicates up to 1% of pregnancies. It is typically diagnosed as painless cervical dilation without contractions, often in the second trimester at around 16-18 weeks, but the clini.

Jul 27th, 2021 - Preterm birth remains a significant cause of infant morbidity and mortality. A well-established cause of preterm birth is cervical insufficiency, which occurs in approximately 1% of pregnancies and up to 8% of recurrent miscarriages and midtrimest.

Feb 10th, 2021 - Women at risk of preterm birth who took daily low-dose aspirin did not have significantly lower rates of preterm birth than those who did not take aspirin, according to preliminary findings from a small randomized controlled trial. There was a tre...

Aug 21st, 2017 - Labor is a physiologic process during which the products of conception (ie, the fetus, membranes, umbilical cord, and placenta) are expelled outside of the uterus. Labor is achieved with changes in the biochemical connective tissue and with gradua...

Jan 22nd, 2014 - Women with a history of cervical insufficiency (1 or more second-trimester pregnancy losses in the absence of labor or prior cerclage because of painless cervical dilation in the second trimester) or painless cervical dilation in the second trimes...