Local dynamic changes of the cervix associated with incompetent cervix before and after Shirodkar's operation

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 371-373

  Kikuchi, Akihiko ^a   Kozuma, Shiro ^a   Marumo, Genzo ^a   Machida, Yoshiya ^a   Yano, Tetsu ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical incompetence; Shirodkar's operation; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; PREMATURITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0031928872     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199809)26:7<371::AID-JCU9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Shirodkar VN: A new method of operative treatment for habitual abortions in the second trimester during pregnancy. Antiseptic 1955;52:299.
2. McDonald IA: Suture of the cervix for inevitable miscarriage. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Empire 1957;64:346.
3. Parulekar SG, Kiwi R: Dynamic incompetent cervix uteri: sonographic observations. J Ultrasound Med 1988;7:481.
4. Hertzberg BS, Kliewer MA, Farrell TA, et al: Spontaneously changing gravid cervix: clinical implications and prognostic features. Radiology 1995;196: 721.
5. Ryo E, Fujii T, Tsutsumi O, et al: Isolated 'contractions' of the uterine cervix in a patient with incompetent cervix. Int J Gynecol Obstet 1996;53:51.
6. Andersen HF, Karimi A, Sakala EP, et al: Prediction of cervical cerclage outcome by endovaginal sonography. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1994;171:1102.
7. Guzman ER, Houlihan C, Vintzileos A, et al: The significance of transvaginal ultrasonographic evaluation of the cervix in women treated with emergency cerclage. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996; 175:471.