Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French circlage meaning an encircling. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(ser-klahzh´) encircling of a part with a ring or loop, as for correction of an incompetent cervix uteri or fixation of the adjacent ends of a fractured bone. Cerclage of an incompetent cervix uteri, the inset showing the effect of the tightened suture.
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A stitch placed in a weak or incompetent cervix
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sair-klazh′ Definitions: 1. Bringing into close opposition and binding together the ends of an obliquely fractured bone by a ring or by an encircling, tightly drawn wire loop. 2. Operation for retinal detachment in which the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium are brought in contact with the detached sensory retin...
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Cerclage: Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French 'circlage' meaning an encircling.
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A procedure that is performed to stitch the cervical opening in a pregnant woman that experiences an incompetent cervix, which could lead to miscarriage or stillbirth. Synonym(s): Cervical Stitch Narrower term(s): Lash Cerclage McDonald's Cerclage Shirodkar's Cerclage Broader term(s): Incompetent Cervix Cervical Insufficiency
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A stitch placed in a weak cervix to help prevent premature delivery
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An encircling device
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a procedure used to suture the cervical opening.
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A stitch placed in a weak or incompetent cervix to keep the cervix closed and support a pregnancy to term.
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