title: Does cerclage prevent preterm birth?
abstract: Cerclage procedures can be classified according to timing, (elective, urgent, emergent), and anatomic approach (transvaginal and transabdominal). The most current clinical data and the evidence-based recommendations for each type of cerclage procedure are listed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of OB/GYN, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105, USA. P8570@LVH.com
authors.forename: Orion A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Rust
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D023802:Cerclage, Cervical / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014463:Ultrasonography; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*