Mid-trimester residual cervical length and the risk of preterm birth in pregnancies after abdominal radical trachelectomy : a retrospective analysis

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between mid-trimester residual cervical length (CL) and the risk of preterm birth in pregnancies after abdominal radical trachelectomy (RT).

DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.

SETTING: University hospital.

POPULATION: A total of 33 deliveries after 22 weeks' gestation in 30 women who underwent abdominal RT including prophylactic cervical cerclage and perinatal care between January 2002 and May 2016.

METHODS: The association between mid-trimester residual CL (the distance between the cerclage and the external cervical os) and gestational age at delivery was investigated. Receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis was performed to estimate the optimal cut-off values of the mid-trimester residual CL for the prediction of preterm birth.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Preterm birth before 34 weeks' gestation.

RESULTS: Mid-trimester residual CL showed a significant correlation with gestational age at delivery (r = 0.36, P < 0.05). There was a significant difference in residual CL between women who did and those who did not give birth before 34 weeks (P < 0.05). Mid-trimester residual CL < 13 mm was a good predictor of birth before 34 weeks, with a sensitivity of 67%, specificity of 75%, positive predictive value of 55% and negative predictive value of 86% (area under ROC curve, 0.75).

CONCLUSIONS: Mid-trimester residual CL is significantly correlated with gestational age at delivery. Residual CL assessment could be used to reassure physicians and women that there is only a small chance of preterm birth in pregnancies after abdominal RT.

TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Mid-trimester residual cervical length is a good predictor of preterm birth after radical trachelectomy.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: BJOG. 2017 Oct;124(11):1737. - PMID 28481433

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:124

Enthalten in:

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 124(2017), 11 vom: 19. Okt., Seite 1729-1735

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kasuga, Y [VerfasserIn]
Miyakoshi, K [VerfasserIn]
Nishio, H [VerfasserIn]
Akiba, Y [VerfasserIn]
Otani, T [VerfasserIn]
Fukutake, M [VerfasserIn]
Ikenoue, S [VerfasserIn]
Ochiai, D [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, T [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, K [VerfasserIn]
Minegishi, K [VerfasserIn]
Kuji, N [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, R [VerfasserIn]
Aoki, D [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Abdominal radical trachelectomy
Cervix
Journal Article
Length
Preterm birth
Transvaginal

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.12.2018

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: BJOG. 2017 Oct;124(11):1737. - PMID 28481433

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1471-0528.14688

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM271054670