Outcome of Late Second Trimester Emergency Cerclage in Patients with Advanced Cervical Dilatation with Bulging Amniotic Membranes: A Report of Six Cases Managed at the Douala General Hospital, Cameroon
Table 1
Maternal characteristics and outcome of pregnancies after emergency late trimester cerclage.
Total
Maternal age (y)
Variables
20–24
25–29
30–35
%
.
%
.
%
.
%
Patients
6
100.0
2
33.3
1
16.7
3
50.0
No. of pregnancies
17
100.0
3
18.0
2
12.4
12
70.6
Total no. of deliveries
5*
100.0
1
20.0
0
0
4
80.0
No. of abortions
12
100.0
2
16.7
2
16.7
8
66.7
GA on admission (wk)
24–25
5
100.0
2
40.0
1
20.0
2
40.0
25.1–26
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
1
100.0
Duration of bulging of membranes (day)
≤1
4
100.0
1
25.0
0
0
3
75.0
≥4
2
100.0
1
50.0
1
50.0
0
0
Vaginal bacteriology results
C. trachomatis
1
100.0
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
Mobiluncus spp.
1
100.0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
Outcome of pregnancies
Abortion
2
100.0
1
50.0
1
50.0
0
0
Vaginal delivery
4
100.0
1
25.0
0
0
3
75.0
Gestational age at delivery (wk)
≥37
4
100.0
1
25.0
0
0
3
75.0
(i) Had one delivery before current pregnancy (a) Global number of abortions 2002–2012 (12/17) 70.6% (b) Global number of deliveries throughout study 2002–2010 (5/17) 29.4% (c) Number of deliveries after modified Shirodkar cerclage (4/6) 66.7%.
