Open AccessEncircling Suture of the Cervix in Placenta Praevia: Ten Years Experience
Author(s) -
Friesen Bo
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347209154017
Subject(s) - medicine , placenta , fibrous joint , cervix , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , fetus , gynecology , genetics , cancer , biology
Over a ten‐year period, placenta praevia occurred in 41 instances among 12 485 deliveries (ratio 1: 305). In 19 of these, cervical suture was undertaken in order to prevent severe bleeding while prolonging pregnancy. Infants weighing 2 500 g or less were delivered in seven of the 41 cases (17.1%). Of 43 infants, two, of which one was a twin, failed to survive (4.7%). Calculated in terms of single pregnancies, the figures correct to 12.8 and 2.6%, respectively. These figures are lower than any previously published.