Medicine & Surgery
Cervical cerclage (Shirodkar stitch)
1955 CEV. N. ShirodkarShirodkar's reportMaharashtra
1955
A surgical stitch to hold a weak cervix closed and prevent miscarriage.
- Dated
- 1955
- As scholars put it
- 1955 CE
- Originator
- V. N. Shirodkar
- Source text
- Shirodkar's report
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Adopted internationally as a standard obstetric procedure.
Fair to say
Credited via the eponymous 'Shirodkar' procedure.
Path to modern innovation
Still used in obstetrics worldwide.
Transmission
Developed in Mumbai (Bombay).
References
- 1Shirodkar (1955)
Further reading
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