BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – For women who lose babies after twenty weeks, one of the most common causes is cervical insufficiency, meaning the cervix is weakened or compromised. Now, a ...

Researchers are successfully taking a page from human medicine when it comes to treating one common cause of pregnancy loss in mares: cervical incompetence. Recently, Stefania Bucca, DVM, of the Qatar ...

For women who lose babies after 20 weeks, one of the most common causes is cervical insufficiency, meaning the cervix is weakened or compromised. Now, a minimally invasive procedure is helping at-risk ...

Our goal is to ensure a healthy pregnancy and safe delivery for every patient who comes to the hospital. We have data from a previous clinical trial that shows it's important to choose the right ...

To compare the anterior uterocervical angle and cervical length as predictors of spontaneous preterm delivery in patients with transvaginal cerclage. We retrospectively evaluated a cohort of 142 ...

Cervical cerclage with a multifilament braided suture was associated with a threefold increased risk for intrauterine death and a nearly twofold increased risk for preterm birth (PTB), according to a ...

Cervical cerclage is a critical intervention in the management of cervical insufficiency, a condition that predisposes to spontaneous mid‐trimester loss and preterm birth. The procedure involves the ...

Women carrying twins are at higher risk for premature birth and miscarriage - those whose cervix dilates before 24 weeks are at highest risk - and yet one common treatment is not recommended for this ...

Among women with twin pregnancies and asymptomatic cervical dilation before 24 weeks, cerclage reduced perinatal mortality and preterm birth, according to a randomized controlled trial. The trial, ...

Michael and Jamie Good have a busy household; brothers Zach and Gabe watch over baby sister Adrianna, but getting to that point was far from easy. "The last two babies I had, I left the hospital alone ...