Elective

(n = 48, 77.4%)

Emergency

(n = 14, 22.6%)

P-value

Demographic

data

1) Maternal age (years)

30.40 ± 4.55^↑

30.50 ± 5.94^↑

0.944

2) Number of previous miscarriages

2 (1 - 7)^γ, MR: 34.08

2 (0 - 4)^γ, MR: 22.64

0.028*

3) Number of gravidities

3 (2 - 8)^γ, MR: 34.42

3 (1 - 5)^γ, MR: 21.50

0.014*

Clinical

data

4) Gestational age at cerclage (weeks)

15.04 ± 1.25^↑

20.15 ± 4.64^↑

0.001**

5) Cervical length (cm)

3.16 ± 0.63^↑

1.90 ± 0.91^↑

<0.0001***

6) Cervical dilatation (cm)

0.40 ± 0.00^↑

1.73 ± 0.60^↑

<0.0001***

7) Preoperative leucocyte count (×10⁹/L)

10.62 ± 1.66^↑

9.93 ± 1.92^↑

0.255

8) Postoperative CRP (mg/L)

10.98 ± 5.72^↑

14.46 ± 1.15^↑

0.047*

Pregnancy

outcomes

9) Pregnancy prolongation (weeks)

21 (1 - 27)^γ

11.65 (1 - 25)^γ

0.014*

10) Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

36.22 (13 - 40.14)^γ

32.29 (19.29 - 38.86)^γ

0.213

11) PROM (%)

20.83% (10/48)

21.43% (3/14)

1.000

Neonatal

outcomes

12) Live birth rate (%)

77.1% (37/48)

71.4% (10/14)

0.727

13) Term birth rate (%)

59.5% (22/37)

40% (4/10)

0.306

14) Fetal death rate (%)

22.9% (11/48)

28.6% (4/14)

0.727

15) Neonatal hospitalization (%)

40.5% (15/37)

60% (6/10)

0.306

16) Live neonatal weight (g)

2956.38 ± 797.88^↑

2580 ± 944.97^↑

0.227

17) APGAR at 1 min at 5 min

9 (5 - 10)^γ

10 (8 - 10)^γ

8 (6 - 9)^γ

9 (7 - 10)^γ

0.074

0.042*