Abstract
Early prophylactic cervical cerclage for hypoplastic cervix following exposure to DES in utero, Journal de gynécologie, obstétrique et biologie de la reproduction, NCBI PubMed PMID: 16208200, 2005 Oct.
Full text: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique DOI: 10.1016/S0368-2315(05)82882-0, OCTOBER 2005.
AIM
Presentation of a prophylactic cerclage technique, placed in the beginning of second trimester of the pregnancy, derived from McDonald cerclage and adapted to hypoplastic cervix following exposure to DES in utero.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Prospective study including 20 pregnant patients exposed to DES in utero and presenting a hypoplastic cervix. Study of the location of the cerclage tape in the cervix and of changes in cervical length (before and after cerclage) assessed by physical examination of the cervix and by transvaginal ultrasonography.
RESULTS
The cervix was longer after cerclage as shown by physical examination and by ultrasound. The tape was localized near the internal cervical os, its posterior portion nearer the internal cervical os than its anterior portion.
CONCLUSION
This easy-to-perform technique of cerclage of hypoplastic cervix allows the tape to be localized near the internal cervical os without colpotomy and without use of the transabdominal approach, while allowing vaginal delivery.
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