Cervical incompetence: assessment of a scoring system for patient selection for cervical cerclage

dc.contributor.author	Ger, JO
dc.contributor.author	Sinei, S
dc.contributor.author	Rog, Khama O.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-07T06:10:52Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-07T06:10:52Z
dc.date.issued	1991-04
dc.identifier.citation	Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1991 Apr;34(4):325-9	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1674480
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29653
dc.description.abstract	Forty-seven antenatal patients with clinical diagnosis of cervical incompetence were subjected to a structured scoring system before insertion of McDonald Stitch. All other possible causes of midtrimester abortion were ruled out and the patients followed up to the end of their pregnancies. Significantly there were fewer preterm deliveries in the high score group (P less than 0.01) and no abortions. The mean cerclage-delivery interval was shown to rise with increasing scores. Significantly better fetal salvage ratio was also seen in the high score group (P less than 0.05). The scoring system shows promise as a selective and prognostic tool and is recommended for trial on a wider scale.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi.	en
dc.title	Cervical incompetence: assessment of a scoring system for patient selection for cervical cerclage	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology	en