PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Faiz, Shakeel A. AU - Al-Meshari, Abdulaziz A. 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.