When oligohydramnion - decreased amniotic fluid, is diagnosed at term pregnancies, the common practice is to induce labor. Whenever the cervix is not ripened, there are several methods to ripen the cervix, two of which are: mechanical, using a double balloon catheter and pharmacological, with prostaglandins. The aim of the study is to compare those two methods of cervical ripening for patients with significant oligohydramnion at term. The study will be a prospective randomised trial.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
cervical ripening using double balloon catheter
prostaglandins E2 - Intravaginal Propess for 24 hours
Meir Medial Center
Kfar Saba, Israel
Time from ripening to active labor and to delivery, rates of cesarean section, rates of nonreassuring fetal heart rate during induction of labor.
Time frame: during induction of labor, delivery and early post partum
patients satisfaction
Time frame: induction of labor, delivery and early postpartum
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