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  • Title: Cervical cerclage in uterine malformations.
    Author: Leibovitz Z, Levitan Z, Aharoni A, Sharf M.
    Journal: Int J Fertil; 1992; 37(4):214-7. PubMed ID: 1354207.
    Abstract:
    This retrospective study represents our experience with cervical cerclage (suture) in pregnancies with uterine malformation. Seventeen patients with uterine malformations were involved. In these patients, the outcome of 31 gestations with cervical cerclage was evaluated. Uterine malformation was associated with cervical incompetence in 41% of the patients. Term delivery rate and fetal loss were observed in 56% and 26% of pregnancies, respectively. Infant salvage was not significantly different regardless of whether cervical incompetence was present or absent. A prolonged hospital stay and frequent use of tocolysis were noted during gestations with cerclage. Our data suggest that the outcome of pregnancies with uterine malformation was not improved by cervical cerclage when the indication for cerclage was the malformation itself.
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