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JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY CANADA
Volume 35, Issue 12, Pages 1115-1127Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30764-7
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Cervical insufficiency; cervical incompetence; cervical cerclage; preterm delivery; prematurity; Shirodkar cerclage; MacDonald cerclage; abdominal cerclage; rescue cerclage; cervical shortening; trans-vaginal ultrasound; cervical length
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Objective: The purpose of this guideline is to provide a framework that clinicians can use to determine which women are at greatest risk of having cervical insufficiency and in which set of circumstances a cerclage is of potential value. Evidence: Published literature was retrieved through searches of PubMed or MEDLINE, CINAHL, and The Cochrane Library in 2012 using appropriate controlled vocabulary (e.g., uterine cervical incompetence) and key words (e.g., cervical insufficiency, cerclage, Shirodkar, cerclage, MacDonald, cerclage, abdominal, cervical length, mid-trimester pregnancy loss). Results were restricted to systematic reviews, randomized control trials/controlled clinical trials, and observational studies. There were no date or language restrictions. Searches were updated on a regular basis and incorporated in the guideline to January 2011. Grey (unpublished) literature was identified through searching the websites of health technology assessment and health technology-related agencies, clinical practice guideline collections, clinical trial registries, and national and international medical specialty societies. Values: The quality of evidence in this document was rated using the criteria described in the Report of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (Table).
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