title: Cervical cerclage operation for a dilated cervix.
abstract: Twelve pregnant women with previously undiagnosed cervical incompetence each presented with membranes bulging through a widely dilated cervix and were treated by a cerclage procedure. This emergency closure of the open cervix resulted in a high rate of fetal salvage; 10 of the 12 women were delivered of surviving infants.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008722:Methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery*