Pregnancy outcomes in women treated with elective versus ultrasound-indicated cervical cerclage

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Guzman, E R ^a,b   Forster, J K ^a   Vintzileos, A M ^a   Ananth, C V ^a   Walters, C ^a   Gipson, K ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Cervical incompetence; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0031795149     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12050323.x     Document Type: Article

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