Association between shortened cervical length at 34–36 weeks’ gestation and term labour in Asian women

Abstract

Cervical length was measured at 34–36 weeks’ gestation by transvaginal ultrasound. The purpose of measurement of cervical length before term was to reveal the association with the onset of term labour. This was a retrospective study of 362 women who were delivered at term at Mizmedi hospital, between August 2006 and November 2011. There was significant linear correlation between cervical length and the scan-to-labour interval in women with labour before 41 weeks. The measurement of cervical length at 34–36 weeks’ gestation might be helpful in predicting the onset of term labour before 41 weeks.

Keywords::

• Cervical length
• labour
• term

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