Emergency cervical cerclage after 20 weeks’ gestation: A retrospective study of 6 years’ practice in 34 cases

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 274-278

  Benifla, J L ^a   Goffinet, F ^a   Darai, E ^a   Proust, A ^a   De Crepy, A ^a   Madelenat, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical incompetence; Emergency cervical cerclage; Midtrimester; Neonatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOCOLYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0030806630     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264484     Document Type: Article

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