MeSH definition : Incompetent UTERINE CERVIX is usually diagnosed in the second trimester of PREGNANCY.
It is characterized by passive painless cervical dilation in the absence of UTERINE
CONTRACTION; BLEEDING; INFECTION; and sometimes with the amniotic sac (AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE)
bulging through the partially dilated cervix. Left untreated, this condition may lead
to premature pregnancy loss, such as HABITUAL ABORTION.;
Incompetent UTERINE CERVIX is usually diagnosed in the second trimester of PREGNANCY.
It is characterized by passive painless cervical dilation in the absence of UTERINE
CONTRACTION; BLEEDING; INFECTION; and sometimes with the amniotic sac (AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE)
bulging through the partially dilated cervix. Left untreated, this condition may lead
to premature pregnancy loss, such as HABITUAL ABORTION.