Intrapartum Cervical Laceration and Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to describe pregnancy outcomes, including cervical insufficiency and preterm birth, in the subsequent pregnancy following an intrapartum cervical laceration.


METHODS
Retrospective cohort of women with their first two consecutive singleton pregnancies carried to ≥ 20(0/7) weeks' gestation within a tertiary health care system from 2002 to 2012. Cervical laceration cases were identified by ICD9 codes and included if suture repair was required.


RESULTS
In this study, 55 women were confirmed to have a cervical laceration in the first delivery; 43 lacerations after vaginal delivery (VD) and 12 after cesarean delivery (CD). The median gestational age of the first delivery was 40(0/7) weeks and the median birth weight 3,545 g; these did not differ between VD and CD. In the second pregnancy, 2 of 55 women (4.6%) had a prophylactic cerclage placed; 1 carried to term and the other delivered at 35(6/7) weeks. In total, four women (9.3%) delivered the second pregnancy < 37 weeks: three had a prior term VD and one had a prior 34 weeks VD. There was only one case of recurrent cervical laceration, occurring in the setting of vaginal deliveries.


CONCLUSIONS
Obstetric cervical lacerations are uncommon. Complications in the following pregnancy were low, despite lack of additional prophylactic cerclage use.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Luchin F
LF
Wong
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Pediatric Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jacob
J
Wilkes
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Pediatric Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kent
K
Korgenski
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Michael W
MW
Varner
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tracy A
TA
Manuck
cervical insufficiency; cervical laceration; cervical trauma; preterm birth