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Chapter 8 - Cervical Insufficiency

from Section 1 - Obstetric Aspects of Antenatal Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Marie-Julie Trahan ,
Amira El-Messidi  and
Richard Brown
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

A 30-year-old G6P2A4L1 is referred by her primary care provider to your high-risk obstetrics clinic for preconception counseling after a pregnancy loss at 21+4 weeks’ gestation last year, shortly after incidental transvaginal cervical shortening was noted at second-trimester fetal morphology survey. After an uncomplicated first pregnancy and term delivery, she experienced four consecutive first-trimester losses for which comprehensive investigations were unremarkable.

Keywords

Short cervixCervical insufficiencySingleton pregnancyRisk factorsInvestigationsPreconception counselingPrenatal managementAntepartum preventionIntrapartum preventionTransvaginal sonography, techniqueCerclage: transvaginal, transabdominal, contraindications, patient consent, clinical management, prolapsed amniotic membranespreterm premature rupture of membranes
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 96 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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