Outcomes of cervical cerclage in preventing pregnancy loss

This study was designed to know the outcome of cervical cerclage in preventing pregnancy loss in patients with cervical insufficiency. This is a prospective study. Patients with previous early pregnancy losses were included. Cervical length less than 2.5cm at 12-16 weeks was taken as an indicator of insufficiency. Cerclage was removed at 37 week and patient and neonate were followed till one week postnatal. A total of 32 patients were included in this study. Fifteen patients had emergency cerclage and 85% had elective cerclage. A total of 79% patient delivered at term and 9% had abortion. Among them 72% patients had normal vaginal delivery and others underwent ceasarean section. Maternal pyrexia was more in emergency group. Jaundice was seen in 62% of the neonates and 17% neonates had respiretory problems. Cervical cerclage has a preventive role in singleton pregnancies with short and insufficient cervix

Tratamiento con enoxaparina adaptado a los programs de fertilidad em mujeres con aborto recurrente y trombofilia / Treatment with enoxaparin adapted to the fertility programs in women with recurrent abortion and thrombophilia

Las trombofilias adquiridas y hereditarias se asocian con pérdidas embrio-fetales recurrentes. La terapéutica antitrombótica puede reestablecer el balance hemostático y mejorar la fase temprana de la placentación y el pronóstico gestacional. Nosotros evaluamos la eficacia del tratamiento con enoxaparina adaptado a los programas de fertilidad, para prevenir las pérdidas embrio-fetales en 35 mujeres con antecedente de aborto recurrente temprano y trombofilia. Previo al diagnóstico de trombofilia ellas tuvieron un total de 105 embarazos, de los cuales 89 (85%) terminaron en aborto temprano. Luego del diagnóstico de trombofilia, los 35 embarazos subsiguientes fueron tratados con enoxaparina. En 5 casos fue necesario emplear técnicas de reproducción asistida para lograr el embarazo debido a infertilidad de pareja. Diecisiete mujeres con antecedente de al menos un aborto preclínico recibieron enoxaparina (20 mg./día/sc.) previo a la concepción, adaptado al programa de fertilidad. Al lograr el embarazo continuaron con esquema gestacional. Dieciocho mujeres con antecedente únicamente de abortos clínicos ingresaron de novo al esquema gestacional (enoxaparina 20 mg. cada 12 hs/sc) al obtener un test de embarazo positivo Durante la gestación la dosis de heparina se ajustó mediante estudio de Anti Xa, manteniendo un rango entre 0.3 a 0.6 u/ml. Con tratamiento antitrombótico 30/35 (85%) de los embarazos terminaron con nacido vivo, comparado con 16/105 (15%) de los embarazos previos no tratados (p<0.001). Estos resultados sugieren que el tratamiento con enoxaparina adaptado a los programas de fertilidad podría ser efectivo en prevenir los abortos tempranos en mujeres con trombofilia

Protective effects of garlic juice against embryotoxicity of methylmercuric chloride administered to pregnant Fischer 344 rats

In order to investigate the beneficial effects of 0.5 or 1.0 g/kg Korean garlic juice against the embryotoxicity of 20 mg/kg methylmercury chloride (MMC, CH3HgCl), pregnant Fisher 344 rats were simultaneously orally administered on day 7 of gestation. On day 20 of gestation the dams were laparotomized under ether anesthesia, and the fetuses were removed and examined for toxicity of methylmercury. Garlic juice depressed the toxicity in terms of some parameters. In the case of simultaneous treatment with 0.1 g/kg garlic juice and MMC, rates of increase were 17.5% in maternal body weight, 13.2% and 41.9% in fetal and litters' weight respectively, and 37.0% in fetal survival rate. Decreasing rates were 10.0% in maternal death rate, and 6.9% and 31.3% in pre- and post-implantation loss respectively. Decreasing rates of mercury levels in dams were 67.2% in liver, 57.6% in brain, 47.2% in kidney, 42.1% in spleen and 40.9% in blood. As well, decreasing rates of mercury level in fetuses were 54.9% in all body burden, 55.9% in liver, 46.7% in kidney and 37% in brain, respectively. The number of fetal ossification centers were reduced by 23.8% to 58.0% following simultaneous treatment with 1.0 g/kg garlic juice. These findings indicated that garlic juice effectively inhibited the embryotoxicity of methylmercury in pregnant Fischer 344 rats.