Cervical cerclage: A review of current evidence

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-223

  Abbott, Danielle ^a   To, Meekai ^b   Shennan, Andrew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerclage; Cervical suture; Cervix; Preterm

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; PROGESTERONE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 84862552239     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01412.x     Document Type: Review

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