Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN: Thirty-nine pregnant women with an initial diagnosis of placenta previa at 24 to 30 weeks' gestation were randomly assigned to cervical cerclage (n = 19) or conservative management (n = 20). Subjects were followed up until delivery. Primary outcome measure was gestational age at delivery. Secondary outcome measures were prolongation of pregnancy, number of patients bleeding after being randomly assigned, units of blood transfused, birth weight, hospital stay and costs, and admission to neonatal intensive care unit. Statistical significance was calculated by the Student t test, Fisher's exact probability test, and the chi2 with Yates' correction factor. RESULTS: No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups studied. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | E Cobo, A Conde-Agudelo, J Delgado, H Canaval, A Congote |
Journal | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
(Am J Obstet Gynecol)
Vol. 179
Issue 1
Pg. 122-5
(Jul 1998)
ISSN: 0002-9378 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9704776
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Placenta Previa
(surgery)
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Outcome
- Suture Techniques
- Uterine Cervical Incompetence
(surgery)
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