Transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage after multiple failed vaginal cerclages

Authors

• Shakeel A. Faiz, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, King Khalid University Hospital, PO Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4670818. Fax. +966 (1) 4679557. E-mail: shakeel{at}ksu.edu.sa
• Abdulaziz A. Al-Meshari, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

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.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

1008

Last Page

1010

Recommended Citation

Faiz, Shakeel A. and Al-Meshari, Abdulaziz A. (2002) "Transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage after multiple failed vaginal cerclages," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 23: Iss. 8, Article 24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1802