Abdominal versus vaginal cerclage after a failed transvaginal cerclage: A systematic review

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 868-872

  Zaveri, Veena ^a   Aghajafari, Fariba ^a,b   Amankwah, Kofi ^a   Hannah, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical incompetence; Systematic review; Transabdominal cerclage; Transvaginal cerclage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CERCLAGE; CERCLAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL CERCLAGE;

EID: 0036794715     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.126959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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