Suture type and ultrasound-indicated cerclage efficacy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2287-2290

  Berghella, Vincenzo ^a   Szychowski, Jeff M ^b   Owen, John ^c   Hankins, Gary ^d   Iams, Jay D ^e   Sheffield, Jeanne S ^f   Perez Delboy, Annette ^g   Wing, Deborah A ^h   Guzman, Edwin R ⁱ  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g University of California Irvine ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage suture; Preterm birth prevention; Short cervical length

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MCDONALD CERCLAGE; MONOFILAMENT SUTURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYESTER SUTURE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

ADULT; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867570612     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.688081     Document Type: Article

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