Revisiting the short cervix detected by transvaginal ultrasound in the second trimester: Why cerclage therapy may not help

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1098-1105

  Rust, Orion A ^a   Atlas, Robert O ^a   Reed, James ^a   Van Gaalen, Janna ^a   Balducci, James ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; Cervical incompetence; Preterm birth; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; INDOMETACIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0035201481     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.118163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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