Pregnancy outcomes following placement of elective, urgent and emergent cerclage

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Nelson, Latasha ^a   Dola, Thao ^a   Tran, Thuc ^a   Carter, Margaret ^a   Luu, Henry ^a   Dola, Chi ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; Pregnancy outcomes; Second trimester loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; STEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; NEWBORN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650501720     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802613199     Document Type: Article

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