Cerclage in the treatment of incompetent cervix.
A retrospective study was undertaken of 71 patients who underwent a postconceptional cervical cerclage operation. The previous pregnancy loss in these patients was 71,4% compared with an 84,5% success rate after the operation had been performed. The possible reasons for the failures are discussed. The incidence of immediate postoperative complications was 14%. Infection, probably as a result of insertion of the suture, occurred in 30% of the patients.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010298:Parity; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery*