Prevention of Preterm Birth Based on a Short Cervix: Cerclage

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-333

  Mancuso, Melissa S ^a   Owen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

cerclage; cervical insufficiency; cervical length; vaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; PLACEBO;

CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 70349395227     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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