Outcome of second-trimester, emergency cervical cerclage in patients with no history of cervical incompetence

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 419-422

  Lipitz, Shlomo ^a   Libshitz, Alexander ^b   Oelsner, Gabriel ^b   Kokia, Ehud ^b   Goldenberg, Mordechai ^b   Mashiach, Shlomo ^b   Schiff, Eyal ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; cervical incompetence; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0030448659     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994381     Document Type: Article

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