Doctors who use the weight, age and other factors, to determine whether cesarean section in pregnant women have found a new criterion - the length of the cervix, according to Reuters. British researchers conducted a study in which more than 27 thousand pregnant women. Among the participants with 25.7% of cervical length was 40 to 67 mm, in 21.7% - 36-39 mm, 18.4% - 31-35 mm and in 16% of cervical length was 16 to 30 mm. According to experts in surgery rather a woman must have the longest cervix. Scientists from Cambridge University have found that a C-section cases was more frequent in patients of 25 -. 50 mm long and the cervical canal, about two times These data suggest that the length of the cervix in mid-pregnancy is an indicator of the risk of a cesarean section during labor, say experts. According to statistics, over the last ten years, the number of operations performed (C-section), unfortunately, has grown in the U.S. and many other countries.
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