Ultrasound-indicated cerclage: Shirodkar vs. McDonald

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2690-2692

  Hume, Heather ^a   Rebarber, Andrei ^a   Saltzman, Daniel H ^a   Roman, Ashley S ^a   Fox, Nathan S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; McDonald; Preterm birth; Shirodkar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCDONALD ULTRASOUND INDICATED CERCLAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIRODKAR ULTRASOUND INDICATED CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 84870334694     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.716465     Document Type: Article

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