Modified cervical cerclage in pregnant women with advanced bulging membranes: Knee-chest positioning

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 779-782

  Ogawa, Masaki ^a   Sanada, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuda, Akira ^a   Hirano, Hideto ^a   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Cervical incompetence; Knee chest positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LITHOTOMY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERUS CAVITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0032883117     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780907.x     Document Type: Article

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