Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium in Women with Spinal Cord Injury: Guideline of the DGGG and DMGP (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry No. 179/002, August 2024

Overview

Journal Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 2025 Mar 7

PMID 40052012

Authors

Markus Schmidt

Anke Jaekel

Sue Bertschy

Ute Lange

Simone Kues

Kai Fiebag

Gesa Cohrs

Ulrich Mehnert

Doris Knorr

Marlies Onken

Amke Baum

Barbara Schilcher

Ines Kurze

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Abstract

This guideline on pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium for women with spinal cord injury (SCI) presents general issues relating to the wish to have children and pregnancy in the context of SCI. The guideline was developed by the German-speaking Medical Society for Paraplegia ( , DMGP) and the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics ( , DGGG). As there were no generally available evidence-based guidelines about this complex set of problems, this new guideline aims to standardize procedures using a structured consensus-of-experts approach. The aim is to establish general interdisciplinary standards and provide practical assistance for the care and counseling of women with SCI who wish to have children/are pregnant and thereby close the identified gaps in medical care, information, interdisciplinary cooperation and research.

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