Surgical treatment of patients with hour glass shaped or ruptured membranes prior to the twenty-fifth week of gestation.
The surgical technique of cervical cerclage in patients with bulging membranes prior to the twenty-fourth week of gestation is described. Of the 11 patients, ten had viable births. Ten of the 11 patients had spontaneous rupture of their membranes, lasting from two and one-half to 14 weeks. The only adverse effects of rupture of membranes were preterm labor and fetal growth retardation.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D013997:Time Factors; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery*