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Multicentred controlled trial of cervical cerclage in women at moderate risk of preterm delivery
Author(s) -
LAZAR P.,
GUEGUEN S.,
DREYFUS J.,
RENAUD R.,
PONTONNIER G.,
PAPIERNIK E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04841.x
Subject(s) - cervical cerclage , medicine , preterm delivery , obstetrics , randomized controlled trial , caesarean delivery , cervical dilatation , pregnancy , caesarean section , gestation , surgery , cervix , genetics , cancer , biology
Summary. A total of 506 women at moderate risk of preterm delivery were randomly allocated to either cervical cerclage or a control group. Significantly more women in the group allocated to cerclage were admitted to hospital for reasons other than the operation and more received oral toco‐lytic drugs. There were also more caesarean sections and more preterm deliveries in the women allocated to cerclage although the differences between the two groups were small and not statistically significant.