PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shakeel A. Faiz
AU  - Abdulaziz A. Al-Meshari
TI  - Transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage after multiple failed vaginal cerclages
DP  - 2002 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1008--1010
VI  - 23
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/23/8/1008.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/23/8/1008.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2002 Aug 01; 23
AB  - Cervical incompetence is a condition traditionally treated by cervical cerclage. We describe a patient who had 6 failed cervical cerclages and who was treated with transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage. There were no intra-operative or post-operative complications and the patient was regularly reviewed in the antenatal clinic by a senior physician and with a series of transvaginal ultrasounds. The patient went into labor at 36-weeks of gestation and had an emergency lower segment cesarean section, with a live male infant weighing 2.38 kg. Both mother and baby did well after delivery.