ELECTIVE CERVICAL SUTURE IN PREVENTING PREMATURE DELIVERY IN MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 13  (5) , 488-492
Abstract
Of 133 pregnancies conceived after ovulation induced by menotropins and chorionic gonadotropins, a group of 20 women with multiple gestations-15 twins, 3 triplets and 2 quadruplets-had elective cervical suture during the 12th-15th wk of pregnancy. A comparavle group of 20 women with multiple pregnancies without cervical suture served as the control for comparing the mean duration of pregnancy, fetal survival rate and mean length of hospitalization. Duration of pregnancy was significantly longer in the sutured group (P < 0.05). The perinatal loss was signifcantly lower-16 of 47 infants in the sutured patients, as compared with 25 of 47 infants in the control group. The mean hospitalization period was shorter in women who underwent cervical suture (P < 0.025).

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