title: Surveillance of the cervix by ultrasonography at cervical incompetence.
abstract: Three patients with cervical incompetence were followed by repeated ultrasonic examination of the cervix in the second and third trimesters. Cervical incompetence can be easily guided according to the ultrasonic appearance of the cervix, thereby avoiding vaginal palpation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014590:Uterine Contraction