The literature review deals with the questions of diagnostics of physiological and pathological course of preliminary period and ready of cervix of uterus for delivery. It also presents the information about prognostic value of cervix of uterus status before delivery, the data were received by means of transabdominal, transvaginal and transperitoneal echography. It also discusses the possibilities of ultrasonic cervicometry in prognosis of risk development of uterus contractive activity anomalies
L.A. Grishaeva, M.L. Chekhonatskaya, I.E. Rogozhina, N.E. Yannaeva Ultrasonic evaluation of cervix of uterus before delivery (literature review) // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2010, pp. 288-292