Arabin Pessary in Singleton Pregnancy

National University of Malaysia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Previous Preterm Birth; Short Cervix on Ultrasound; Previous Mid Trimester Miscarriage; Previous Cervical Surgery

Treatments: Device: Arabin pessary

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04638023

FF-2017-372

Details and patient eligibility

About

This was a retrospective study sharing the experience of women high risk for spontaneous preterm birth managed by Arabin pessary.

Full description

The study recruitment was from 1st January 2013 until 31st December 2019. Inclusion criteria were previous mid-trimester miscarriage and/or preterm birth, previous cervical surgery or short cervical length on routine ultrasound. The primary outcome measure was birth before 34 weeks gestation.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all women high risk for spontaneous preterm birth

Exclusion criteria

• had Arabin insertion elsewhere
• delivered elsewhere
• incomplete record