Abstract
A controlled study of cervical cerclage in expectant management of placenta previa was conducted with 37 patients with symptomatic placenta previa in the LNJP Hospital (a tertiary health care center) New Delhi India. The Indian Council of Medical Research funded the study from December 1996 to June 1999. The aim of the study was to assess the safety and efficacy of cervical cerclage by the McDonald technique in placenta previa. During the study period 116 patients with symptomatic placenta previa were admitted and a total of 8441 deliveries was performed. There were 18 patients in the cerclage group and 19 patients in the control group. The Students t-test Fishers exact probability test and the x/2 with Yates correction factor were used for statistical analysis. P = 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Written informed consent was provided by all patients. (excerpt)
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