TY - JOUR
T1 - Balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation
T2 - A method of induction in pregnancies at 41 or more gestational weeks
AU - Fait, Gideon
AU - Grisaru, Dan
AU - Shenhav, Michael
AU - Kupfermine, Michael J.
AU - Lessing, Joseph B.
AU - Peyser, M. Reuben
AU - Jaffa, Ariel
PY - 1997/5
Y1 - 1997/5
N2 - One hundred five women with a documented pregnancy of 41 weeks' gestation or more, admitted for induction of labour by balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation, were retrospectively compared to 196 women admitted in spontaneous labour at the same gestational age, with regard to mode of delivery. The success rate of the induction group was 97.1%. The mode of delivery did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. The Caesarean section rates were 11.4% in the induction group versus 9.7% in the spontaneous group. The mode of delivery after induction of labour by balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation and simultaneously commenced intravenous oxytocin infusion, in pregnancies of 41 weeks or more, is similar to that of spontaneous deliveries at the same gestational age.
AB - One hundred five women with a documented pregnancy of 41 weeks' gestation or more, admitted for induction of labour by balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation, were retrospectively compared to 196 women admitted in spontaneous labour at the same gestational age, with regard to mode of delivery. The success rate of the induction group was 97.1%. The mode of delivery did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. The Caesarean section rates were 11.4% in the induction group versus 9.7% in the spontaneous group. The mode of delivery after induction of labour by balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation and simultaneously commenced intravenous oxytocin infusion, in pregnancies of 41 weeks or more, is similar to that of spontaneous deliveries at the same gestational age.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02247.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02247.x
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AN - SCOPUS:0030904214
SN - 0004-8666
VL - 37
SP - 174
EP - 176
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
IS - 2
ER -