title: Incompetence of the cervix.
abstract: The author reviews a personal series of 248 cases of incompetence of the uterine cervix. Careful selection of patients and variation of the operative techniques to suit the abnormality have led to a substantial improvement in the success rate. In the past 10 years, 94% of patients have been delivered of living babies. The history of the condition is briefly described.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery*