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Laparoscopic Non-Mesh Cerclage Pectopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Published on: September 13, 2022
Time interval from elective removal of cervical cerclage to onset of spontaneous labour
Lilian Alabi-Isama1, Lynne Sykes, Manju Chandiramani
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. lilianisama@yahoo.com
Objective:
To determine the time interval between elective removal of a cervical cerclage to the onset of spontaneous labour in women who had either a history- or ultrasound-indicated cervical cerclage.
Study Design:
A retrospective cohort study of women with a singleton pregnancy that had either a modified Shirodkar or McDonald cervical cerclage inserted were evaluated for the time interval between elective cerclage removal and onset of spontaneous labour and also spontaneous labour with 72 h of cervical cerclage removal.
Results:
Two hundred and sixty-nine singleton pregnancies with either a modified Shirodkar or McDonald cervical cerclage were analysed. The mean gestational age at cerclage removal was 36.7 ± 1.10 weeks and gestational age at spontaneous labour was 39.0 ± 1.94 weeks (mean ± SD). The median interval between cerclage removal and spontaneous labour was 14 days. Only 18% of women laboured spontaneously within 72 h. Women with ultrasound-indicated cerclage were more likely to deliver within 72 h, compared with women with a history-indicated cervical cerclage (odds ratio, 3.68; 95% confidence interval, 1.31-10.85, p=0.01).
Conclusion:
Independent of the indication or technique used for cervical cerclage, the rate of early spontaneous labour following elective removal of cervical cerclage is sufficiently low to justify outpatient management.
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