Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Fetal/infant mortality · women with singleton pregnancies at risk of cervical insufficiency

Cervical pessary showed no clear difference in fetal/infant mortality compared with cervical cerclage (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancies 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.38 [0.02, 7.93]
1 study · 13 participants
Low

Fetal/infant mortality · women with singleton pregnancies at risk of cervical insufficiency

Cervical pessary showed no clear difference in fetal/infant mortality compared with vaginal progesterone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancies 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.97 [0.5, 7.7]
2 studies · 265 participants
Low

Fetal/infant mortality · women with singleton pregnancies at risk of cervical insufficiency

Cervical pessary showed no clear difference in fetal/infant mortality compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancies 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.93 [0.58, 1.48]
5 studies · 1830 participants
Low