title: Transabdominal cervical cerclage.
abstract: Cervical cerclage is a procedure carried out to increase the fetal salvage rate in women with a history of previous miscarriages. This article discusses the merits of transabdominal cerclage as opposed to the more usual procedure of transvaginal cervical cerclage.
authors.affiliation: Miscarriage Clinic, Liverpool Women's Hospital.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Topping
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Farquharson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013536:Suture Techniques; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*