Background: Cervical ripening prior to induction of labour is crucial as unfavorable cervix with poor Bishop’s score can lead caesarean section. Two most widely used methods are vaginal dinoprostone and intracervical Foley catheter. Studies conducted worldwide determine the efficacy safety these provided no consensus regarding superiority. Thereby, present study aims compare two for successful ...

OBJECTIVES To compare three methods of labour induction. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Academic hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa. SUBJECTS Women with intact membranes due for induction of labour. METHOD Randomised, sealed opaque envelopes were used to allocate women to labour induction with extra-amniotic Foley catheter/titrated oral misoprostol solution (N = 174), ...

This study was designed to evaluate the application effect of single balloon catheters and dinoprostone on promoting cervical ripening of pregnant women in late-term pregnancy and their influences on stress and inflammatory responses. A total of 160 pregnant women with indications of labor induction were included and randomly divided into the control (n=80) and observation (n=80) groups. Patien...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Symphysis-fundal-height (SFH) could be prove useful for the management of labour. This study aims to assess the behaviour of induced labours in relationship with SFH values. METHODS Prospective observational study in a sample of 158 women underwent induction with intravaginal dinoprostone for different indications. SFH, SFH corrected for station, gestational age and parity ...

Induction of labor is opted for benefits expeditious delivery to outweigh the risks continuing pregnancy. Aims and Objectives: To study indications methods induction & correlate Feto-Maternal outcome. Materials Methods: The present was conducted on 150 pregnant women. It a prospective observational study, from April 2021 September 2021. Patient details with Indication, examination, pre-indu...

Background/Aim: Due to the increasing cesarean rates globally, new methods for supporting vaginal delivery and induction of successful are still being developed. We aimed obtain an easy-to-use method that can predict effectiveness cervical ripening agents before labor induction. So, we presented effects on by measuring thickness cervix length/thickness ratio ultrasonographically. Methods: In th...

METHOD(S) : In our tertiary referral hospital, 25 mg vaginal misoprostol 6 hourly for a maximum of five doses and 50 μg oral misoprostol 6 hourly for a maximum of five doses were compared with 0.5mg intracervical dinoprostone gel 12 hourly for a maximum of three doses for induction of labor at term in 150 women in three groups of 50 each. Number of vaginal deliveries achieved, induction to vagi...