105 Factors associated with success of emergent cerclage

A successful case of rescue encerclage in the mid trimester taken upto term: a case report

“…10 In patients who were treated with emergency rescue cerclage, the factors which could lead to delivery prior to 28 weeks were reported to be, membranes bulging into the vagina, need of cerclage prior to 22 weeks gestation and nulliparity. 11 A few other studies have shown significantly increased interval from encerclage to delivery, increased birth weight of the baby, better neonatal survival rate and lesser need for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay in cases where rescue encerclage was done. In a study done by Debby et al patients with hourglass bulging of fetal membranes into the vagina had a shorter intervention to delivery interval than those patients without membrane protrusion.…”