The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of transcervical foley catheter as compared to prostaglandins for preinduction cervical ripening and labor induction in term nulliparous women with unfavorable cervix.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
154
16 French foley catheter 10mg dinoprostone vaginal insert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Successful labor induction
Successful labor induction is defined as an ability to achieve the active phase of labor corresponding to a cervical dilatation of \>=4cm.
Time frame: Twelve hours of initiating oxytocin on the fist day of induction
Cervical change in the bishop scores and cervical lengths induced by transcervical foley catheter and prostaglandins
1. Cervical change based on the bishop score and cervical length induced by cervical ripening method(foley catheter balloon vs prostaglandin) 2. Incidence of cesarean delivery 3. Vaginal delivery with 24 hours of starting of induction 4. The interval from start of oxytocin to delivery 5. Incidence of admission to neonatal intensive care unit and uterine tachysystole 6. Pain score by the type of ripening method
Time frame: When transcervical foley catheter or prostagladins was removed befor adminitoring oxytocin
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