Pregnancy outcome after elective cervical cerclage in relation to type of suture material used

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-121

  Israfil Bayli, F ^a   Toozs Hobson, P ^a   Lees, C ^b   Slack, M ^b   Ismail, K M K ^a,c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; NYLON; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SUTURES;

EID: 84878593659     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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