TY - JOUR
T1 - Cervical cerclage in combination with other treatments for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancies
AU - Eleje, George U.
AU - Ikechebelu, Joseph I.
AU - Eke, Ahizechukwu C.
AU - Okam, Princeston C.
AU - Ezebialu, Ifeanyichukwu U.
AU - Ilika, Chito P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by the National Institute for Health Research, via Cochrane Infrastructure funding to Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth. The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Systematic Reviews Programme, NIHR, NHS or the Department of Health.
Funding Information:
George Eleje (GE) was awarded a fellowship by the South African Cochrane Centre through a grant received from the Effective Health Care Research Consortium (www.evidence4health.org), which is funded by UKaid from the UK Government for International Development. GE acknowledges the Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, for providing the enabling environment for staff development that allowed him to attend the Fellowship Course in South Africa.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2017/11/15
Y1 - 2017/11/15
N2 - This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess whether antibiotics administration, vaginal pessary, reinforcing or second cerclage placement, tocolytic, progesterone, or other interventions at the time of cervical cerclage placement prolong singleton gestation in women at high risk of pregnancy loss based on prior history and/or ultrasound finding of 'short cervix' and/or physical examination.
AB - This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess whether antibiotics administration, vaginal pessary, reinforcing or second cerclage placement, tocolytic, progesterone, or other interventions at the time of cervical cerclage placement prolong singleton gestation in women at high risk of pregnancy loss based on prior history and/or ultrasound finding of 'short cervix' and/or physical examination.
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U2 - 10.1002/14651858.CD012871
DO - 10.1002/14651858.CD012871
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85034048398
SN - 1465-1858
VL - 2017
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
IS - 11
M1 - CD012871
ER -