DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000483241.53365.41

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Issn Print: 0029-7828

Publication Date: 2016/06/01


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Pessary Placement in the Prevention of Preterm Birth in Multiple Pregnancies: A Propensity Score Analysis

Maurice J. M. Monfrance; Ewoud Schuit; Rolf H. Groenwold; Martijn A. Oudijk; Irene M. de Graaf; Caroline J. Bax; Dick J. Bekedam; Ben Willem Mol; Josje Langenveld

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Abstract

(Abstracted from Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2016;197:72–77)

Preterm birth is the major contributor to perinatal mortality and serious neonatal morbidity, and approximately 30% of all patients admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in the Netherlands are born from a multiple pregnancy. In asymptomatic women with a multiple pregnancy and short cervix, prophylactic use of a cervical pessary might reduce preterm birth.

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