European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Introduction:Pretermdeliveryistheleadingcauseofneonatalmortality and morbidity.
Worldwide, prematurity accounts for 10%ofneonatalmortality, or around 500,000
deaths peryear. Prematurely born infants are also at greater risk of
havingsubsequentseriouschronichealthproblems.
Aimofthestudy: To assess the effect of funnelling of cervix
andthelengthofthecervixinthreatenedpretermlabour