Emergency cerclage in the presence of protruding membranes: Is pregnancy outcome predictable?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-268

  Caruso, Alessandro ^a   Trivellini, Carmen ^a   De Carolis, Sara ^a   Paradisi, Giancarlo ^a   Mancuso, Salvatore ^a   Ferrazzani, Sergio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency cerclage; Maternal features; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN DEATH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; URINE CULTURE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0034058102     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079004265.x     Document Type: Article

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