Effectiveness of delayed absorbable monofilament suture in emergency cerclage

• Main Authors: Takashi Yorifuji (Author), Shintaro Makino (Author), Yuka Yamamoto (Author), Toshitaka Tanaka (Author), Atsuo Itakura (Author), Satoru Takeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To determine the sustained effects of emergency cerclage using slowly absorbable monofilament sutures, changes in cervical length after cerclage were evaluated in six cases. Materials and methods: A delayed absorbable monofilament suture (1 PDS-Plus; Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) ha...