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Created page with "Cervical insufficiency or cervical incompetence is a condition where the cervix fails to retain a pregnancy in the second trimester due to painless shortening and dilation of the cervix. This is recurrent (occurs across multiple pregnancies) and may lead to spontaneous abortion or preterm birth. In physiological cases, the cervix remains long and closed during pregnancy until labour. Approximately 10% of cases of preterm labour is due to cervical insufficiency. == Etio..."