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The value of cervical cerclage in the treatment of cervical incompetence

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The results from the treatment of cervical incompetence by cervical suturing in 100 consecutive patients are presented. A fetal salvage rate of 88% was achieved when cervical suturing was carried out between the 12th and 14th week of pregnancy.

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  1. Coombe Lying-in Hospital, Dublin 8

    Donal P. O'Brien & John F. Murphy

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O'Brien, D.P., Murphy, J.F. The value of cervical cerclage in the treatment of cervical incompetence. I.J.M.S. 147, 197–200 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939401

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