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Fetal Diagn Ther 2005;20:285-290 (DOI: 10.1159/000085087)

  Key Words

• Delivery
• Delayed-interval delivery
• Multiple pregnancy
• Cerclage
• Prematurity

  Abstract

Objective: Proving that delayed delivery is possible, debating its modality, suggesting a guideline for its managing. Method: Six cases of delayed delivery were treated at the Maternity Hospital of Nancy, between 1979 and 2001, and the results were compared to a literature review of 148 found thanks to Medline database. Results: Delayed delivery reduces the risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity. The delivery interval is 2-93 (median 7) days in our experience and 2-153 (median 31) days in the literature. After the first expulsion, cerclage was used in 60% of the cases, prophylactic tocolysis and antibiotics in 79% and 71%, respectively. Conclusion: There is no consensus for its management but it must be performed with precise conditions to restrict both maternal and fetal risks. Our study is supporting an interventionist attitude with cerclage, prophylactic tocolysis and antibiotics.

Copyright © 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel

  Author Contacts

Prof. Patricia Monnier-Barbarino
Materno-Fetal Medicine Department, Maternity Hospital
10, rue Docteur Heydenreich, FR-54042 Nancy (France)
Tel. +33 3 83 34 36 41, Fax +33 3 83 34 36 32
E-Mail p.monnier-barbarino@maternite.chu-nancy.fr

  Article Information

Received: February 18, 2004
Accepted after revision: May 4, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 6
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 39