TY - JOUR
T1 - Silicone-plastic cuff for the treatment of the incompetent cervix in pregnancy
AU - Yosowitz, Edward
AU - Haufrect, Fred
AU - Kaufman, Raymond H.
AU - Goyette, Richert E.
PY - 1972/5/15
Y1 - 1972/5/15
N2 - Ten patients with a history and physical findings compatible with cervical incompetence have been treated utilizing an inflatable silicone-plastic cuff. Seven of these women had had a total of 21 consecutive midtrimester abortions. Three women had been delivered of 5 infants at 28 to 29 weeks' gestation, all of whom subsequently died. At this time, 7 of the patients have been delivered of viable infants with no fetal mortality. Two of the 3 remaining women still have the cuff in place and their pregnancies are proceeding uneventfully. In one woman, the cuff slipped off the cervix after being in place for 3 weeks. The average length of gestation in the 7 women who were delivered of infants was 35 weeks.
AB - Ten patients with a history and physical findings compatible with cervical incompetence have been treated utilizing an inflatable silicone-plastic cuff. Seven of these women had had a total of 21 consecutive midtrimester abortions. Three women had been delivered of 5 infants at 28 to 29 weeks' gestation, all of whom subsequently died. At this time, 7 of the patients have been delivered of viable infants with no fetal mortality. Two of the 3 remaining women still have the cuff in place and their pregnancies are proceeding uneventfully. In one woman, the cuff slipped off the cervix after being in place for 3 weeks. The average length of gestation in the 7 women who were delivered of infants was 35 weeks.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9378(72)90772-7
DO - 10.1016/0002-9378(72)90772-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 5025877
AN - SCOPUS:0015508846
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 113
SP - 233
EP - 238
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 2
ER -