Hormonal therapy for control of the incompetent os of pregnancy

Sherman AI

doi:10.1097/00003081-196608000-00010

Hormonal therapy for control of the incompetent os of pregnancy

A I Sherman

Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28(2), 198-205

DOI 10.1097/00003081-196608000-00010 PMID 5944836

Abstract

The concept that a cervix could be inadequate or incompetent for retaining a normal pregnancy was publicized by Lash and Lash in 1950. It did not catch the fancy of the majority of obstetricians to any extent until the introduction of the relatively simple corrective procedure advocated by Shirodkar in 1955 and publicized by Barter et al. Since then there has been a constantly increasing number of reports discussing this problem. Incompetent cervical os is estimated to represent only a small percentage of all causes of fetal wastage …

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Pregnancy > Complications > Cervical Insufficiency Pregnancy > Treatment > Progesterone Therapy Infertility > Recurrent Pregnancy Loss > Cervical Factors

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PMID 5944836 5944836 DOI 10.1097/00003081-196608000-00010 10.1097/00003081-196608000-00010

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Sherman, A. I. (1966). Hormonal therapy for control of the incompetent os of pregnancy. *Obstetrics and gynecology*, *28*(2), 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003081-196608000-00010

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Abortion, Habitual/prevention & Control, Classification, Female, Humans, Hydroxyprogesterones/therapeutic Use, Pregnancy, Uterine Cervical Diseases/drug Therapy/etiology/surgery, Hydroxyprogesterones

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