by Laura van der Krogt, Andrew Shennan
Increasing evidence supports an association between in-labour cesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies. This clinically challenging problem may be caused by cervical damage at the time of in-labour cesarean section. Laura van der Krogt and Andrew Shennan discuss the potential underlying role of cervical caesarean damage in the association between in-labour caesarean section and recurrent preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.