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Laparoscopic Non-Mesh Cerclage Pectopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Published on: September 13, 2022
The comparative analysis of laparoscopic or transvaginal cerclage in pregnancies with cervical insufficiency: a
Tiefeng Cao1, Jinhui Li1, Huimin Shen2
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 58 zhongshan 2nd road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, 510070, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Objective:
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of prophylactic cervical cerclage by laparoscopy in pregnant women versus transvaginal way.
Design:
Retrospective, monocentric cohort study was performed.
Setting:
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.
Patients:
Cases with cervical insufficiency (defined by previous history of painless second or early third trimester pregnancy loss/losses) were selected.
Interventions:
Laparoscopic or transvaginal cerclage were conducted. The maternal information and the neonatal data were collected and compared. The pregnancy outcomes including the incidence of full-term labor and gestational weeks at delivery were defined as the primary outcomes. Neonatal survival and birth weight, neonatal complications were evaluated as the secondary outcomes.
Measurements And Main Results:
Totally 36 twin pregnant cases and 82 singleton pregnant cases were managed with cerclage, either trans-laparoscopy (totally 78 cases) or transvaginal (totally 40 cases). Demographic characteristics showed no significant differences. Cases in laparoscopic group had a prolonged gestational age at delivery (36.43 ± 0.93 weeks and 33.60 ± 2.78 weeks, respectively, P < 0.001), a higher incidence of full-term labor (60.26% vs 42.50%, P = 0.05) with no significant difference of perinatal mortality (P = 0.661). Meanwhile, higher incidence of normal birth weight infants (88.46% vs 67.50%, P = 0.007) was shown in laparoscopic group with no more complications such as the cases of neonatal with Apgar < 7 (P = 0.296), and the incidence of NICU admission (P = 0.237). Besides, LTC showed good efficiency on VTC in the incidence of full-term labor: HR 0.24 (95% CI 0.070-0.85), P < 0.001. While LSC showed the similar efficiency on VSC: HR 0.734 (95% CI 0.36-1.49), P = 0.857, showing that cases with twin pregnancy may benefit more from laparoscopic cerclage.
Conclusions:
The comparative effect between laparoscopic and transvaginal cerclage in pregnant women showed that laparoscopic cerclage may be a relatively effective and safety prophylactic way for cervical insufficiency. This would be an acceptable and safe replace for traditional transvaginal cervical cerclage.
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