How successful is cervical cerclage?
The success rate of vaginal route cervical cerclage is modest but actual figures are not clearly known. It is now being more and more accepted that probably the more difficult procedure of putting the stitch in abdominally rather than vaginally may be the better method, with a better success rate. With the abdominal method, the suture is applied to the cervix through the abdomen, hence it is a bigger and technically more difficult operation. It, therefore, may not be available in all hospital units.
