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

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

Author Countries: United Kingdom

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

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PLOS Medicine

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004497

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Commentary/editorial

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Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AS is an Academic Editor of PLOS Medicine. There are no other competing interests to declare.

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