Outcomes following Placement and Removal of Transvaginal Cerclage in at Risk Pregnancies: A Single Center Experience

Table 1

Comparison of maternal demographic data and outcome variables in women treated with elective versus non-elective cerclage.

	Elective cerclage placement ()	Non-elective cerclage placement ()	value
Race; Caucasian; African American; Hispanic	23 (59%); 14 (36%); 2 (5%)	18 (55%); 14 (42%); 1 (3%)	0.85
Age (years)			0.71
Gravidity			0.90
Tobacco use	9 (23%)	6 (18%)	0.83
Marijuana use	6 (15%)	1 (3%)	0.12
Prior cervical treatment	17 (44%)	5 (15%)	0.02
Prior spontaneous preterm delivery	36 (92%)	20 (61%)	0.003
GA at cerclage placement (weeks)			<0.01
Elective cerclage removal at ≥36 weeks	28(71.8%)	13(39.4%)	0.01
GA at cerclage removal (weeks)			0.36
GA at delivery (weeks)			0.33
Delivery at ≤72 hour following removal of cerclage			0.47
Time interval between removal of cerclage and delivery (days)			0.64