The effect of cervical encerclarge on uterine dimensions.
Observation of women who underwent cerclage of the uterine cervix in pregnancy indicated that during the first 24 hours after operation a marked increase of the uterine size takes place. Since this feature came rather as a surprise, seventy one cases were studied carefully.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013536:Suture Techniques; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery*; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*