ReviewUltrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology2013
Cervical pessaries for prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: past, present and future.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Short cervix and use of cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth in singleton and twin pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2025Pooled it
- Prevention of Preterm Birth by Cervical Pessary Combined with Vaginal Progesterone: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Pooled it
- Cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Pooled it
- Cervical Pessary for Prevention of Preterm Birth: A Meta-Analysis.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
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- Consequences of cervical pessary for subsequent pregnancy: follow-up of randomized clinical trial (ProTWIN).Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2022Trial
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- An analysis of anxiety and depression in second-trimester pregnant women with cervical insufficiency.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Combined vaginal progesterone and cervical Pessary effect on preterm birth in Singleton pregnancies with short cervix: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Updates in Contemporary Management of Singleton Pregnancies Complicated by a Short Cervix.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Uterocervical angle and cervical length measurements for spontaneous preterm birth prediction in low-risk singleton pregnant women: a prospective cohort study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
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- Distribution of uterocervical angles of pregnant women at 16BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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- Progesterone, cerclage, pessary, or acetylsalicylic acid for prevention of preterm birth in singleton and multifetal pregnancies - A systematic review and meta-analyses.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Use of an Arabin pessary to prevent preterm birth in pregnancy complicated by a short cervix after cervical conization for cervical adenocarcinoma with residual disease: A case report and literature review.Case reports in women's health · 2022Article
- Spontaneous preterm birth: Involvement of multiple feto-maternal tissues and organ systems, differing mechanisms, and pathways.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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- Cervical pessary for preterm twin pregnancy in women with a short cervix.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2020Article
- Current Approaches to Risk Assessment and Prevention of Preterm Birth-A Continuing Public Health Crisis.Ochsner journal · 2020Review
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Abstract
This Review describes the rationale for the use of cervical pessaries to prevent spontaneous preterm birth and their gradual introduction into clinical practice, discusses technical aspects of the more commonly used designs and provides guidance for their use and future evaluation. Possible advantages of cervical pessaries include the easy, 'one-off' application, good side-effect profile, good patient tolerance and relatively low cost compared with current alternatives. Use of transvaginal sonography to assess cervical length in the second trimester allows much better selection of patients who may benefit from the use of a cervical pessary, but future clinical trials are needed to establish clearly the role of pessaries as a preterm birth prevention strategy worldwide.
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