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M Mocchia

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[Cervix cerclage. A 20-year case load].

Uterine cervical incompetence is the most common cause of habitual abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy and premature delivery; cervical cerclage still represents the only surgical treatment for cervical incompetence. In the last 20 years (1971-1990) we performed 272 Mac Donald cervical cerclages in patients between the 8th and the 34th week of pregnancy. In 16 cases the outcome of pregnancy is unknown; 198 women (73.3%) subsequentely delivered healthy infants later than 37 weeks' gestation or weighing more than 2500 g.

Abortion, Habitual↗

[The use of sulprostone for voluntary interruption of gestation and in intrauterine fetal death].

The paper attempts to assess the efficacy of Sulprostone as a preoperative dilator of the uterine cervix in the +VIG operations performed both before and after the 90th day of amenorrhea and in cases of intrauterine fetal death. From January to September 1987, 271 cases of VIG before the 90th day of amenorrhea, 2 cases of VIG after the 90th day of amenorrhea, and 3 cases of intrauterine fetal death were operated at Vercelli Midwifery School. Sulprostone, a synthetic prostaglandin, was shown to be a valuable aid on the basis of the results obtained and the slight side effects observed.

Abortifacient Agents↗