Cervical cerclage
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Cervical cerclage is a treatment that is undertaken during pregnancy to reduce the chances of preterm labour. It encompassesinvolves the placement of a suture around the neck of the cervix. It It aims to reduce the risk of preterm birth and provides mechanical support to keep the cervix closed 1,2.
Cervical cerclage has different types and can be classified into 3:
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Shirodkar cerclage: cervix
wasclosed in a figure of eight fashion -
McDonald cerclage: stitch placed around the cervix in a
pursed stringpurse-string way and tied anteriorly. - transabdominal cerclage
-<p><strong>Cervical cerclage </strong>is a treatment that undertaken during pregnancy to reduce the chances of <a href="/articles/pre-term-labour">preterm labour</a>. It encompasses the placement of a suture around the neck of the cervix. It aims to reduce the risk of <a href="/articles/pre-term-labour">preterm birth</a> and provides mechanical support to keep the cervix closed <sup>1,2</sup>.</p><p>Cervical cerclage has different types and can be classified into <sup>3</sup>:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Cervical cerclage </strong>is a treatment that is undertaken during pregnancy to reduce the chances of <a href="/articles/pre-term-labour">preterm labour</a>. It involves the placement of a suture around the neck of the cervix. It aims to reduce the risk of <a href="/articles/pre-term-labour">preterm birth</a> and provides mechanical support to keep the cervix closed <sup>1,2</sup>.</p><p>Cervical cerclage has different types and can be classified into <sup>3</sup>:</p><ul>
-<a href="/articles/shirodkar-cerclage">Shirodkar</a><a href="/articles/shirodkar-cerclage"> cerclage</a>: cervix was closed in a figure of eight fashion</li>- +<a href="/articles/shirodkar-cerclage">Shirodkar</a><a href="/articles/shirodkar-cerclage"> cerclage</a>: cervix closed in a figure of eight fashion</li>
-<a href="/articles/mcdonald-cerclage">McDonald cerclage</a>: stitch placed around the cervix in a pursed string way and tied anteriorly.</li>- +<a href="/articles/mcdonald-cerclage">McDonald cerclage</a>: stitch placed around the cervix in a purse-string way and tied anteriorly</li>
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