| dc.description.abstract | <p><strong>BACKGROUND</strong>: Cervical insufficiency is an important cause of late miscarriage and extreme preterm labour. Cervical cerclage has been practiced for decades as treatment for cervical insufficiency.</p>
<p><strong>OBJECTIVES; </strong>to assess the perinatal outcomes after cerclage done at SPHMCC and its affiliate hospitals.</p>
<p><strong>METHODS</strong>; Women with singleton pregnancies for whom cervical cerclage was done at SPHMCC, RDDH, Y12 &DMRH from January 1st 2017 – December 31st 2020 were reviewed.</p>
<p><strong>Results: The </strong>mean age of the women was 28 (SD+3.56). The mean gestational age at which cerclage was performed during the index pregnancy was 113days (16wks). Cerclage was done for history indication in 33(81%) of the women and for three (7%) of the women with evidence of physical examination whereas the rest of them it was done for ultrasound findings, 32(78 %) of them had a previous abortion, 9 (22 %) of them never had a miscarriage before. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>This analysis has shown that cerclage has favourable outcomes such as prolonging pregnancy, preventing preterm delivery thereby increasing the chance of viable pregnancy<strong>. </strong></p> | en_US |
