Should a repeat cervical cerclage be inserted when the primary cerclage fails, to prevent pregnancy loss and preterm birth? A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Alexandra Emms ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ake703@student.bham.ac.uk; alexandra.emms@nhs.net

  Affiliations Women’s Division, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1804-1882

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• Matthew Vaughan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Birmingham Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6593-9623

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• Rebecca Man,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Women’s Division, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0983-7590

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• R. Katie Morris,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Women’s Division, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-429X

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• Victoria Hodgetts-Morton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Women’s Division, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-4313

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• Nicole Pilarksi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Women’s Division, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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