Table 5.

Subgroup analysis of Perinatal outcomes following elective cerclage using silk and mersilene sutures (n = 75)

Pregnancy outcome	Silk(n = 34)	Mersilene (n = 41)	p-value
Mid trimester loss (n, %)	4/34, 11.8%	2/41, 4.9%	0.5
Still born (n, %)	5/34, 14.7%	5/41, 12.2%	1
Failure rate (n, %)	9/34, 26.5%	7/41, 17.1%	0.48
Pregnancies had Live birth (n, %)	25/34, 73.5%	34/41, 82.9%	0.48
Latent period (in days ± SD)	141.2(± 51.2)	143.6(± 48.9)	0.9
Mean GA at delivery (in weeks) (± SD)	34.5(± 6.9)	33.9(± 7.0)	0.5
Mean birth weight (in gm) (± SD)	2545.4(± 823.3)	2520(± 780)	0.2