A COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS OF RIPENING THE UNFAVOURABLE CERVIX

1 December 1978

journal article
clinical trial
Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Vol. 85 (12) , 941-944
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb15858.x

Abstract

A comparison was made between four methods of ripening the unfavourable cervix (extra-amniotic prostaglandin E2 gel, oral prostaglandin E2, intravaginal prostaglandin E2 and intravenous oxytocin) in a clinical trial involving 60 primigravidae. In all groups there was an improvement in cervical status. This was significantly greater in those patients who received extra-amniotic prostaglandin gel and they also showed significant decreases in the mean induction-delivery interval and in the incidence of Caesarean section.

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