title: Surgical correction of cervical incompetence.
abstract: Results obtained with a modified surgical cerclage technique in 80 patients suffering from isthmic cervical incompetence are analyzed. The operation was performed once in 58 patients and twice in 22, giving a total of 102 pregnancies treated. The technique is described in detail, emphasizing its advantages. In 73 pregnancies (71.5%) the outcome was satisfactory (the newborn babies survived) despite the fact that in 66 instances (65%) cervical modifications were present at the time of the operation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery*