Comparison of delayed absorbable suture v nonabsorbable suture for treatment of incompetent cervix

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-252

  Abdelhak, Yaakov E ^a,b   Sheen, Jean Ju ^a   Kuczynski, Ed ^a   Bianco, Angela ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; Incompetent cervix; Preterm labor; Suture

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; MERSILENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ABSORPTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 9444245363     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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