Table 3.

Outcomes

	Elective cervical cerclage	All non-elective cervical cerclage	P value
Mean suture to delivery interval (weeks) (range in brackets)	21 (2–30)	10 (0–24)	<0.05
Mean gestation at delivery (range in brackets)	35 (16–41)	33 (20–41)	0.39
Vaginal delivery rate (%)	76	77	0.96
Live births (percentage of babies born in brackets)	107 (92)	69 (93)	0.26
Mean birth weight (g)	2696	1987	0.87
Mean Apgar at 1 minute	7	7	–
Admissions to the neonatal unit (as percentage of births within group)	35	55	0.22
Neonatal deaths (percentage of live births in brackets)	1 (1)	15 (22)	–