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We describe a pregnancy complicated by premature rupture of the membranes at 24 weeks. Delivery with successful outcome was postponed till 31 weeks by cerclage, ritodrine and intracervical instillation of fibrin.
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Uchide, K., Terada, S., Hamasaki, H. et al. Intracervical fibrin instillation as an adjuvant to treatment for second trimester rupture of membranes. Arch Gynecol Obstet 255, 95–98 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391804
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391804