Background Primary cesarean deliveries are a major contributor to the large increase in cesarean delivery rates in the United States over the past 2 decades and are an essential focus…
We read with great interest the article by Puljic et al. The authors demonstrated that intervention at 37 weeks reduced the risk of either neonatal or intrauterine fetal deaths. Unfortunately the…
Background For every maternal death, >100 women experience severe maternal morbidity, which is a life-threatening diagnosis, or undergo a life-saving procedure during their delivery hospitalization. Similar to racial/ethnic disparities in…
Background Antenatal corticosteroid administration is a critical fetal intervention, and the use of a rescue protocol is now standard practice. Rescue antenatal corticosteroid may improve overall accuracy of antenatal corticosteroid…
Background The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists places special emphasis on autopsy as one of the most important tests for evaluation of stillbirth. Despite a recommendation of an autopsy,…
Background Cerclage therapy is an important treatment option for preterm birth prevention. Several patient populations benefit from cerclage therapy including patients with a classic history of cervical insufficiency; patients who…
Background Despite the demonstrated safety of a trial of labor for pregnancies with a vertex-presenting twin and clinical guidelines in support of this plan, the rate of planned cesarean delivery…
Background The preferred treatment for twin-twin transfusion syndrome is fetoscopic laser coagulation of inter-twin vascular anastomoses on the monochorionic placenta. Severe postoperative complications can occur when inter-twin vascular anastomoses remain…
Background A recent randomized clinical trial named Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS trial) showed that prenatal correction of open spina bifida (OSB) via open fetal surgery was associated with improved…
Background Over 20% of pregnancies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and/or antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) result in an adverse pregnancy outcome (APO) related to abnormal placentation. The ability to…
