Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.

Increasing evidence supports an association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies. This clinically challenging problem may be caused by cervical damage at the time of in-labour cesarean section.

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Main Authors: Laura van der Krogt, Andrew Shennan
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004497
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spellingShingle Laura van der Krogt
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Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
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title Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
title_full Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
title_fullStr Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
title_full_unstemmed Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
title_short Cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem: The association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
title_sort cervical cesarean damage as a growing clinical problem the association between in labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004497
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