title: [Transabdominal cerclage in the treatment of cervical incompetence].
abstract: Six transabdominal cerclages in patients with cervical incompetence due to severe cervix damage or vaginal cerclage failure are presented. Results are discussed. In this series the salvage rate was 90%. For the first time in the literature a successful case of transabdominal cerclage in patient with a cervico-vaginal fistula is presented.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Parroquial de San Bemardo.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Besio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fica
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duque
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D014593:Uterine Inertia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014624:Vaginal Fistula / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Cerclaje transabdominal en el tratamiento de la incompetencia cervical.