"I heard the machine breathing for me and could feel my chest heaving; that's how I knew I was in a coma," Toyosi Adeneye told Newsweek.

Use of a cervical pessary not only did not prevent preterm birth for women with a short cervix, but was associated with higher fetal or neonatal mortality rate, researchers reported in JAMA ...

The Arabin pessary has also been shown to reduce the risk of preterm birth among singletons with a short cervix, and in a secondary subgroup analysis of a recent study of the use of pessary in ...

Two categories of patients have been eligible for this treatment: those with a short cervix and those with a previous preterm birth.

The effective use of vaginal progesterone in women identified with a short cervix via sonograph to prevent pre-term birth was identified and developed by the PRB in 2010.

Good Morning America meteorologist Somara Theodore has been placed on bedrest after undergoing cervical cerclage surgery ...

Among women with a short cervix, the use of a cervical pessary did not result in a reduction in preterm birth when compared with usual care.

Women who have a short cervix are more likely to deliver their babies preterm. The best treatment for pregnant women with twins who have a short cervix is not known.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A study linking a shortened cervix early in pregnancy with premature birth could help pinpoint which women are most at risk and potentially help doctors intervene earlier, ...

Source Reference: Hoffman M, et al "Cervical pessary for prevention of preterm birth in individuals with a short cervix: The TOPS randomized clinical trial" JAMA 2023; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.10812.

Only 1.9% with a cervix ≤25 mm were randomized to screening and were offered 200-mg vaginal progesterone daily. In this group, 11 women received a cervical pessary and two underwent cervical ...