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. 2023 Oct;229(4):B2-B6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.07.015. Epub 2023 Jul 14.

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Checklists for transabdominal cerclage

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM); Julio Mateus Nino, C Andrew Combs, Christina Davidson; SMFM Patient Safety and Quality Committee. Electronic address: smfm@smfm.org

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Checklists for transabdominal cerclage

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

The recent Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #65 provides a comprehensive review of transabdominal cerclage. The current article condenses the Consult recommendations regarding patient selection, counseling, and management into 2 simple one-page checklists, one for the primary obstetrical provider and the other for the maternal-fetal medicine consultant or cerclage provider. Moreover, we provide sample templates for medical record notes to document preprocedure counseling and informed consent.

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