Andrea Ciavattini, Nicolò Clemente, Giovanni Delli Carpini, Jacopo Di Giuseppe, Stefano Raffaele Giannubilo, Andrea Luigi Tranquilli
OBJECTIVE: Estimating the impact of sonographically identified multiple or large (≥5 cm in diameter) fibroids on obstetric outcomes. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of 219 women with uterine fibroids (identified on a routine second-trimester ultrasound survey over a 3-year period, 2010-2012) and their age-matched controls. Inclusion criteria were singleton pregnancy, delivery at >24 weeks of gestation and no pathological conditions (chronic hypertension, gestational diabetes or pre-existing diabetes mellitus, uterine anomalies or fetal malformations)...
March 2015: Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine