Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages: i-vi, 1-176, e1-e34 (January 2022)

Issue Information

1. Issue Information

• Pages: i-vi
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Editorial

2. Welcome to 2022

• Aris T. Papageorghiou
• Pages: 1-2
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Commentary

3. ‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care

• LMM van den Berg, G Thomson, A de Jonge, M-C Balaam, G Moncrieff, A Topalidou, S Downe, on behalf of the ASPIRE COVID-19 Team
• Pages: 3-8
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 Research Article

Systematic Review

4. Proposed domains for assessing postpartum recovery: a concept elicitation study

• P Sultan, SE Jensen, J Taylor, Y El-Sayed, S Carmichael, D Cella, MS Angst, B Gaudilliere, DJ Lyell, B Carvalho
• Pages: 9-20
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Review Article

5. COVID-19 and novel mRNA vaccines in pregnancy: an updated literature review

• E Joubert, AC Kekeh, CN Amin
• Pages: 21-28
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Research Articles

- Epidemiology
6. My Baby’s Movements: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial of a fetal movement awareness intervention to reduce stillbirths

• V Flenady, G Gardener, D Ellwood, M Coory, M Weller, KA Warrilow, PF Middleton, AM Wojcieszek, KM Groom, FM Boyle, C East, HLS Lawford, E Callander, JM Said, SP Walker, K Mahomed, C Andrews, A Gordon, JE Norman, C Crowther
• Pages: 29-41
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Mini Commentary

7. Interventions to increase maternal awareness of fetal movements no more effective than standard care

• Alexander E. P. Heazell
• Pages: 42
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Research Articles

- Epidemiology
8. The association between the vaginal microenvironment and fecundability: a register-based cohort study among Chinese women

• X Hong, J Zhao, X Zhu, Q Dai, H Zhang, Y Xuan, J Yin, Yue Zhang, X Yang, S Fang, Q Wang, H Shen, Yiping Zhang, D Yan, Y Wang, Z Peng, Ya Zhang, B Wang, X Ma
• Pages: 43-51
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Fetal Medicine

9. Fetal exome sequencing for isolated increased nuchal translucency: should we be doing it?

• R Mellis, RY Eberhardt, SJ Hamilton, The PAGE Consortium , DJ McMullan, MD Kilby, ER Maher, ME Hurles, JL Giordano, V Aggarwal, DB Goldstein, RJ Wapner, LS Chitty
• Pages: 52-61
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Mini Commentary

10. Increased nuchal translucency: is advanced sequencing the answer?

• AN Talati, NL Vora
• Pages: 61-62
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Research Articles

- General Gynaecology
11. Estetrol-Drospirenone combination oral contraceptive: a clinical study of contraceptive efficacy, bleeding pattern and safety in Europe and Russia

• K Gemzell-Danielsson, D Apter, J Zatik, S Weyers, T Piltonen, L Suturina, I Apolikhina, M Jost, 
  MD Creinin, J-M Foidart
• Pages: 63-71
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General Obstetrics

12. The Project Appropriate Birth and a reduction in caesarean section rates: an analysis using the Robson classification system

• DF D'Agostini Marin, A da Rosa Wernke, D Dannehl, D de Araujo, GF Koch, K Marçal Zanoni, K Baschirotto Dorigon Coral, N Valeriano Guimarães, O Feuerschuette, B Pinto Moehlecke Iser
• Pages: 72-80
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Mini Commentary

13. The Project Appropriate Birth: significance of the Robson classification in confronting the caesarean section ‘pandemic’

• N Vrachnis
• Pages: 81
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Research Articles

- General Obstetrics
14. Fasting plasma glucose, diagnosis of gestational diabetes and the risk of large for gestational age: a regression discontinuity analysis of routine data

• PWG Tennant, E Doxford-Hook, L Flynn, K Kershaw, J Goddard, T Stacey
• Pages: 82-89
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Mini Commentary

15. Gestational diabetes: false dichotomy and slippery slope

• S John, KS Joseph
• Pages: 90
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Research Articles

- General Obstetrics
16. SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy during the first wave of COVID-19 in the Netherlands: a prospective nationwide population-based cohort study (NethOSS)

• EM Overtoom, AN Rosman, JJ Zwart, TE Vogelvang, TP Schaap, T van den Akker, KWM Bloemenkamp
• Pages: 91-100
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17. Pregnancy and risk of COVID-19: a Norwegian registry-linkage study

• MC Magnus, L Oakley, HK Gjessing, O Stephansson, HM Engjom, F Macsali, PB Juliusson, A-M Nybo Andersen, SE Håberg
• Pages: 101-109
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Gynaecological Oncology

18. Association of hysterectomy and invasive epithelial ovarian and tubal cancer: a cohort study within UKCTOCS

• JA Taylor, M Burnell, A Ryan, C Karpinskyj, JK Kalsi, H Taylor, S Apostolidou, A Sharma, R Manchanda, R Woolas, S Campbell, M Parmar, N Singh, IJ Jacobs, U Menon, A Gentry-Maharaj
• Pages: 110-118
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Mini Commentary

19. Hysterectomy and ovarian cancer: further research is needed to inform clinical decision making

• LF Wilson, SJ Jordan
• Pages: 119
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Research Articles

- Gynaecological Surgery
20. Risk factors for perioperative blood transfusions after urogenital fistula repair in Uganda: a retrospective cohort study

• TK Potluri, LM Holt, JP Tanner, L Wasingya, S Duffy, KA Greene
• Pages: 120-126
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Randomised Controlled Trial

- Gynaecological Surgery
21. Long-term outcomes of primary cystocele repair by transvaginal mesh surgery versus laparoscopic mesh sacropexy: extended follow up of the PROSPERE multicentre randomised trial

• J-P Lucot, M Cosson, S Verdun, P Debodinance, G Bader, S Campagne-Loiseau, D Salet-Lizee, C Akladios, P Ferry, R De Tayrac, P Delporte, S Curinier, X Deffieux, S Blanc, P Capmas, A Duhamel, X Fritel, A Fauconnier
• Pages: 127-137
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Research Article

- Intrapartum Care
22. What is an appropriate caesarean delivery rate for China: a multicentre survey

• Y Zhang, AP Betran, X Li, D Liu, N Yuan, L Shang, W Lin, S Tu, L Wang, X Wu, T Zhu, Y Zhang, Z Lu, L Zheng, C Gu, J Fang, Z Liu, L Ma, Z Cai, X Yang, H Li, H Zhang, X Zhao, L Yan, L Wang, X Sun, Q Luo, L Liu, J Zhu, W Qin, Q Yao, S Dong, Y Yang, Z Cui, Y He, X Feng, L He, H Zhang, L Zhang, X Wang, JP Souza, H Qi, T Duan, J Zhang
• Pages: 138-147
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Mini Commentary

23. Using data to drive obstetric practice policies

• M Varner
• Pages: 148
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Commentary

- Intrapartum Care
24. Aortic balloon for the intra-operative management of placenta accreta spectrum: need for standardised methodology and safety data

• E Jauniaux, J Yan, AT Papageorghiou
• Pages: 149-150
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Research Article

- Sexual Health
25. 10-year evaluation of the use of medical abortion through telemedicine: a retrospective cohort study

• Hanna Nortén, Onaedo Ilozumba, J Wilkinson, K Gemzell-Danielsson, R Gomperts
• Pages: 151-159
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Mini Commentary

26. Telemedicine trailblazers pave the way to better abortion care for all

• Patricia A. Lohr MD MPH
• Pages: 160-161
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Review Article

- Urogynaecology
27. The role of obesity on urinary incontinence and anal incontinence in women: a review

• SK Doumouchtsis, J Loganathan, V Pergialiotis
• Pages: 162-170
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BJOG Exchange

- Letter to the Editor
28. Re: Antidepressant use and pregnancy: promoting risk minimisation for all teratogens is overdue

• Alain Braillon, Susan Bewley
• Pages: 171-172
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29. Obstetric care for women that use antidepressants in pregnancy

• Line Kolding, Vera Ehrenstein, Lars Pedersen, Puk Sandager, Olav B. Petersen, Niels Uldbjerg, Lars H. Pedersen
• Pages: 172
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30. Authors' response: Are these stillbirths really preventable? Re: Preventable stillbirths in India and Pakistan: a prospective, observational study

• Bharti Sharma, Neelam Aggarwal
• Pages: 172-173
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31. Preventability of stillbirths: context matters

• Robert L.Goldenberg, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Gowdar Guruprasad, 
  Shiyam Sunder Tikmani,  Elizabeth M. McClure
• Pages: 173-174
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32. Impact of a quality improvement project to reduce the rate of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a multicentre study with a stepped-wedge design: OASI care bundle

• Mandie Scamell, Jim Thornton, Katherine Hales, Mary Renfew, Hannah Dahlen, Margret Jowit, 
  Soo Downe,  Lindsay Gillman, Nicky Grace, Octavia Wiseman, Jane Forman, Nicky Grace, Deborah Davis, Anna-Marie Madeley, Debbie Chippington, Lorna Lawther, Ethel Burns
• Pages: 174-175
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33. Authors’ reply re: OASI Care Bundle

• Ranee Thakar, Posy Bidwell, Robert Freeman, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Magdalena Jurczuk, Dorian Martinez, Elizabeth Percy, Nick Sevdalis, Louise Silverton, Jan van der Meulen
• Pages: 175-176
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RCOG Green-top Guideline

34. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling: Green-top Guideline No. 8 July 2021

• K Navaratnam, Z Alfirevic, on behalf of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Pages: e1-e15
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Scientific Impact Paper

35. Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy and the Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy Below the Age of Natural Menopause: Scientific Impact Paper No. 66 October 2021

• R Manchanda, F Gaba, V Talaulikar, J Pundir, S Gessler, M Davies, U Menon, on behalf of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Pages: e16-e34
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