The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of transcervical foley catheter as compared to dinoprostone vaginal insertion for preinduction cervical ripening and labor induction in term parous women with unfavorable cervix.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
154
16 French foley catheter insertion
Dinoprostone vaginal insertion
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 first day of induction
Cervical change in the bishop scores and cervical lengths induced by transcervical foley catheter and dinoprostone vaginal insertion
1. Cervical change based on the bishop score and cervical length induced by cervical ripening methods(foley catheter balloon vs dinoprostone) 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
Time frame: When transcervical foley catheter or dinoprostone was removed before adminitoring oxytocin
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