View ORCID ProfileCharlotte E van Dijk medical doctor and research coordinator,
Annabelle L van Gils medical doctor and research coordinator,
Maud D van Zijl medical doctor and research coordinator,
Bouchra Koullali medical doctor,
Marijke C van der Weide main statistician, ,
Eline S van den Akker perinatologist and local primary investigator et al
van Dijk C E, van Gils A L, van Zijl M D, Koullali B, van der Weide M C, van den Akker E S et al.
Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks’ gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial
BMJ 2024; 384 :e077033
doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077033
Re: Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks’ gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial
Dear Editor
Nice study. It is rather perplexing why the authors included women with a cervical length of less than 35mm and not 25mm
Nevertheless, the results are reassuring and hope the women will be treated with progesterone, vaginaly and no other modes of treatment
Competing interests: No competing interests