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Pessary plus progesterone to prevent preterm birth in women with short cervixes...
Pacagnella, Rodolfo de Carvalho; Silva, Thais V.; Cecatti, José Guilherme; Passini Jr., Renato; Fanton, Tatiana F.; Borovac-Pinheiro, AndersonConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of cervical pessary in addition to vaginal progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth in women with midpregnancy short cervixes. METHODS: We performed a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial in 17 perinatal centers. Asymptomatic women with singleton or twin pregnancies and cervical len...
A randomized controlled trial on the use of pessary plus progesterone to preven...
Pacagnella, Rodolfo de Carvalho; Mol, Ben W.; Borovac-Pinheiro, Anderson; Passini Jr., Renato; Nomura, Marcelo Luís; Andrade, Kleber CursinoConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Background: Preterm birth is the leading cause of mortality and disability in newborn and infants. Having a short cervix increases the risk of preterm birth, which can be accessed by a transvaginal ultrasound scan during the second trimester. In women with a short cervix, vaginal progesterone and pessary can both reduce this risk, which proge...