During pregnancy, what's the significance of cervical length? Answer From Yvonne Butler Tobah, M.D. Cervical length during pregnancy is sometimes associated with preterm labor—labor that begins before ...

David A. Becker MD, Timothy N. Dunn MD, Jeff M. Szychowski PhD, John Owen MD, MSH for the Center for Women’s Reproductive Health and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at ...

Mar. 27 -- WEDNESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- The length of a woman's cervix at mid-pregnancy may indicate her risk of needing a Caesarean birth, a new study suggests. "Women having their first ...

We've known for years that a short cervix is a risk factor for a preterm delivery. Now we have an easy way to measure and correct this issue. My patient was 22 years old and midway through her first ...

(HealthDay News) — For nulliparous women, increasing second-trimester cervical length is associated with an increased likelihood of prolonged pregnancy, according to a study published online July 15 ...

Doctors who use age, weight and other factors to predict if a pregnant woman will need a Caesarean section to deliver her baby have a new gauge: the length of the cervix, researchers said. The cervix ...

To determine whether further cervical length shortening by transvaginal ultrasonography in asymptomatic high-risk women with a short cervical length adds additional predictive value for spontaneous ...

A new approach to evaluating the risk of preterm birth has been proposed by analyzing the properties of cervical mucus. The researchers found that cervical mucus from women who delivered their babies ...

Findings suggest increased risk of early preterm birth when intra-amniotic debris is present in women with short cervix. In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...

During pregnancy, what's the significance of cervical length? Cervical length refers to the length of the lower end of the uterus. During pregnancy, the length of the cervix might shorten too soon, ...