Cervical incompetence: Elective, emergent, or urgent cerclage

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 240-246

  Kurup, Madhuri ^a   Goldkrand, John W ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; Cervical incompetence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERCLAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0032871102     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70542-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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