Objective: Hematometra is a rare and delayed complication of medical termination of pregnancy. Acquired acute hematometra also termed the postabortal syndrome or the redo syndrome is a rare complication of suction evacuation with incidence ranging from 0.1 to 1 per 100 suction curettage abortions. The treatment consists of prompt evacuation of both liquid and clotted blood leading to rapid reso...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of extra-amniotic Foley catheter with intra cervical Dinoprostone gel for preinduction cervical ripening. Study Design: A randomized, prospective study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMS Rohtak on 100 pregnant women admitted for induction of labor. Fifty patients were randomized to receive Dinopros...

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of intracervical foley’s catheter with prostaglandin E2(PGE2) and PGE2 alone in achieving vaginal delivery a patient having full-term pregnancy its impact on maternal fetal outcome. Study design setting: This Comparative cross sectional study was conducted Department Obs & Gynae, January-December 2021. Methodology: A detailed history patients obtained...

Background:There is a gradual increase in second-trimester abortion because of wide scale introduction prenatal screening programs detecting women whose pregnancies are complicated by serious fetal abnormalities suchas aneuploidy, cardiovascular and skeletal malformation. It constitutes 10-15% all induced abortions.With the global trend raised cesarean section rate, obstetricians faced with cha...

STUDY QUESTION Is the pain associated with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) insertion reduced by intracervical anesthesia in women without previous vaginal birth? SUMMARY ANSWER Intracervical anesthesia was not associated with reduced pain in women without previous vaginal birth. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY The pain associated with the insertion of intrauterine contraceptive...

Objectives To compare three doses of oral misoprostol 50μg four hourly versus an intra-cervical Foley catheter for 24 hours, for pre-induction cervical ripening. Methods Primary investigator blinded, randomised controlled trial conducted in 180 consecutive women with singleton uncomplicated pregnancies with Modified Bishop Score (MBS) 5 at 40 weeks + 6 days gestation, allocated by stratified...

Eighty women undergoing induction of labor at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital were recruited and randomly allocated into two treatment groups (40 each), to receive either serial 50 µg doses of misoprostol or intracervical Foley catheter. Vaginal blood loss was collected and measured using an under buttocks plastic collection bag and by perineal pad weighing up to 6 hours postpartum....