title: Ultrasonic evaluation of cervical incompetence.
abstract: Ultrasound can provide important information for the assessment of cervical incompetence (C.I.) and for the follow-up of pregnant women submitted to a cervical cerclage. Attention must be paid to the technical problems involved in the examination and the physiological variations in anatomical configuration must be taken into account.
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014463:Ultrasonography; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology