Congenital uterine anomalies result from the abnormal differentiation,
migration, fusion and canalization of Mullerian ducts with a prevalence of 1-10%
for unselected population, 2-8% for infertile women and 5-30% for women with a
history of miscarriage. Uterine anomalies are implicated as cause of reduced
fertility as well as early pregnancy loss. Moreover, their presence is related to
an increased risk of preterm birth, abnormal fetal presentation, cesarean
delivery, placental abruption and small-for-gestational age infants. The
presented study aims to evaluate the correlation between congenital uterine
anomalies and poor perinatal outcomes. This was a retrospective, single-center
cohort study including 29 women with congenital uterine anomalies. The control
group included 100 women hospitalized for delivery with normal uterine
morphology. Primary perinatal outcome was preterm birth (delivery before the 37th
week of gestation); secondary endpoints were fetus small for gestational age
(SGA) (
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Congenital uterine anomalies and perinatal outcomes: a retrospective single-center cohort study
Elisa Zambrotta1,*, Luisa Maria Di Gregorio1, Federica Di Guardo1, Roberta Agliozzo1, Giuliana Chiara Maugeri1, Ferdinando Antonio Gulino2, Silvia Cutello1, Maria Cecilia Cerana3, Marco Palumbo1
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Department of Medical Surgical Specialties, Gynecology and Obstetrics Section, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Via Palermo, 636, Catania, 95122 CT, Italy
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Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, 06030 CT, United States
*Correspondence: zambrottaelisa@gmail.com (Elisa Zambrotta)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(1), 160–163;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog.2021.01.2198
Submitted: 22 June 2020 | Revised: 14 September 2020 | Accepted: 16 September 2020 | Published: 15 February 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Keywords
Uterine anomalies
Reproduction
Fetal outcomes
Fertility
Preterm birth