Elective cerclage vs. ultrasound-indicated cerclage in high-risk pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 475-477

  To, M S ^a   Palaniappan, V ^a   Skentou, C ^a   Gibb, D ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Cervical incompetence; Cervical length; Preterm delivery; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0036091241     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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