Preterm Birth Prevention Post-Conization: A Model of Cervical Length Screening with Targeted Cerclage

Lindsay M Kindinger, Maria Kyrgiou, David A MacIntyre, Stefano Cacciatore, Angela Yulia, Joanna Cook, Vasso Terzidou, T G Teoh and Phillip R Bennett

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Women with a history of excisional treatment (conization) for cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) are at increased risk of preterm birth, perinatal morbidity and mortality in subsequent pregnancy. We aimed to develop a screening model to effectively differentiate pregnancies post-conization into low- and high-risk for preterm birth, and to evaluate the impact of suture material on the efficacy of ultrasound indicated cervical cerclage. We analysed longitudinal cervical length (CL) data from 725 pregnant women post-conization attending preterm surveillance clinics at three London university Hospitals over a ten year period (2004–2014). Rates of preterm birth 37weeks. Our triage model enables timely discharge of low risk women, eliminating 36% of unnecessary follow-up CL scans. We demonstrate that preterm birth in women post-conization may be reduced by targeted cervical cerclage. Cerclage efficacy is however suture material-dependant: monofilament is preferable to braided suture. The introduction of triage prediction models has the potential to reduce the number of unnecessary CL scan for women at low risk of preterm birth.

Date: 2016
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