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Does cerclage prevent preterm birth?

Rust OA, Roberts WE

Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of OB/GYN, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18105, USA. P8570@LVH.com

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.

Published 29 August 2005 in Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am, 32(3): 441-56.
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