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  • Title: Laparoscopic Transabdominal Cerclage and Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes When Left In Situ.
    Author: Ades A, Hawkins DP.
    Journal: Obstet Gynecol; 2019 Jun; 133(6):1195-1198. PubMed ID: 31135734.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate obstetric outcomes of subsequent pregnancies in women who had a laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage. METHODS: A prospective observational study of consecutive women who became pregnant a second or third time after a laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage. Eligible women were considered not suitable for a transvaginal cerclage or had previously failed a transvaginal cerclage. The primary outcome was neonatal survival and the secondary outcome was delivery at 34 weeks of gestation or more. RESULTS: During the study period (2007-2018), 22 women who had undergone a laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage and completed one pregnancy with the cerclage in situ became pregnant a second or third time. In the first pregnancies with the cerclage in situ, the neonatal survival rate was 100% (22/22) and 86% (19/22) of women delivered after 34 weeks of gestation. In the second pregnancies, the neonatal survival rate was 95% (21/22) and 86% (19/22) of women delivered after 34 weeks of gestation. In the third pregnancies, the neonatal survival rate was 100% (3/3) and 100% (3/3) of women delivered after 34 weeks of gestation. CONCLUSION: When left in situ for subsequent pregnancies, laparoscopic transabdominal cerclage is associated with a high rate of neonatal survival.
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