Cesarean sections during labor appear associated with recurrent preterm birth and mid-trimester loss in subsequent pregnancies, and cervical damage may be an underlying mechanism, suggest the authors of a new Perspective article (IMAGE)

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Cesarean sections during labor appear associated with recurrent preterm birth and mid-trimester loss in subsequent pregnancies, and cervical damage may be an underlying mechanism, suggest the authors of a new Perspective article

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Proposed site of surgical incision at time of elective versus an emergency caesarean section in labour.

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van der Krogt L and Shennan A, 2024, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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