A fetus with a very rare five-fold combination of uteroplacental anomalies, bicornuate uterus, short cervix with cervical incompetence, multilobed placenta succenturiata, accessory cotyledon within the cervical funneling, and umbilical cord insertion into the anomalous cervical cotyledon, presented an early and marked decrease at the vertebral and middle cerebral arteries Doppler resistances. T...

ONE of the most exciting concepts in obstetrics and gynaecology is that of the mechanical function of the cervix in the maintenance of pregnancy. In 1947 Danforth provided the first satisfactory anatomic explanation of the role of the cervix in retaining pregnancy, and pointed out the correlation of this important function with the prevention of abortion. The first clinical report of the repair...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth (PTB)is a major clinical problem associated with perinatal mortality and morbidity. The aim of the present study is to identify risk factors associated with PTB in Mosul, Iraq. METHODS A case-control study was conducted in Mosul, Iraq, from 1st September, 2003 to 28th February, 2004. RESULTS A total of 200 cases of PTB and 200 controls of full-term births were scree...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Ureaplasma urealyticum can colonize women genital tract and be isolated from the amniotic fluid of women with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The association of U. urealyticum with spontaneous abortion remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of U. urealyticum infection among pregnant women and its association with spontaneous abortion. ...

This experiment drew upon theoretical perspectives on group and system justification to examine whether exposure to media coverage arguing that racism was responsible for the ineffective Hurricane Katrina disaster response affected White and Black Americans’ intergroup attitudes. Consistent with a system justification perspective, Whites exposed to video clips arguing that the hurricane Katrina...

Obstetric fistula usually originates from obstructed labor or, less often, from invasive maneuvers on the genital tract or the pregnant uterus. Overall, it is a rare finding in the obstetric practice of high income countries. In this report we describe the case of a successful term pregnancy in a patient with a history of recurrent late miscarriage due to a large cervical fistula of traumatic o...

A 25-year-old woman (gravida 2, abortion 1) was admitted to Ghaem Hospital affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences at 24th week of gestation. Her chief complaint was bloody show. She had a history of incompetent cervix, with premature labor at 22nd week of gestation. She was hospitalized with 4 cm dilatation and 50% effacement of cervix at 24th week of gestation. Following bed rest...

In the year 1951, there was a conference of renowned Gynecologists and Obstetricians from all over the world at Paris. The representative from India thundered in the Conference that no woman should loose her precious baby because of cervical incompetence. He disclosed a totally different and innovative approach for cervical incompetence. He described cervical cerclage operation for habitual sec...

Results A 21 year old primigravid woman admitted to our clinic with suspicion of cervical incompetence at 22 weeks of gestation. She complained of light vaginal bleeding and a vaginal mass. She did not have any pain. Her past medical history was uneventful. A detailed abdominal 2D ultrasound scan was performed to verify the presence of the pregnancy and research for associated anomalies. The US...