Evaluation of Surgical Treatment of Cervical Incompetence: Introduction of a Simple Stitch and Comparison with Other Techniques

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Cervical Incompetence is a definite entity. Many patients complain of mid-trimster abortion, Careful evaluation and timely intervention bestows faith and confidence in the patient; ecstacy and joy, on the face of the mother with her fond baby, is to be seen to believe and the happiness is shared by the obstetrician too. A Prospecitive study of 100 cases of cervical cerclage procedures of 4 different types was done to compare the success rate. The types of cerclage procedures done were Mc. Donald’s, Wurm’ s modified shirodkar’ s and Sreenivasan’s stich. A simple cervical stitch to treat cervical incompetence, is being presented. of gestation. Cerclage was repeated in 20% of patients.