title: [Effectiveness of a new cervicometer in evaluating the risk of preterm delivery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The ultrasound measurement of the cervix is the gold standard for assessing the risk of preterm delivery. We compared the accuracy of this technique with measurements obtained by the cervicometer Cervilenz®. The purpose was to show that this device can be used as a screening tool, low cost, in the diagnosis of preterm labor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty patients were included in the study at gestational age between 21+0 and 26 +0 or weeks. The study was blinded between the two performers utilizing the cervicometer and the transvaginal ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study showed 100% concordance and a correlation between the two techniques of 0.94.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cervicometer proved to be a reliable and easy to use device to detect a normal or short cervix, with contained healthcare costs.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Centro di Medicina Perinatale e della RiproduzioneUniversità degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Porcaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Clerici
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giulietti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Babucci
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Di Renzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054791:Cervical Length Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D055815:Young Adult