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ROUTINE INDUCTION OF LABOUR WITH EXTRA-AMNIOTIC PROSTAGLANDIN E2 IN A VISCOUS GEL
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10805.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 86, Issue 7, pages 529–532, July 1979
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Sims, C. D., Mellows, H. J., Spencer, P. J. and Craft, I. L. (1979), ROUTINE INDUCTION OF LABOUR WITH EXTRA-AMNIOTIC PROSTAGLANDIN E2 IN A VISCOUS GEL. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86: 529–532. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10805.x
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Summary
Prostaglandin E2, 350 μg dispersed in a viscous gel, tylose, was introduced into the extra-amniotic space as a single dose in 285 patients to induce labour. With a favourable cervix, 82 per cent of multiparae and 50 per cent of primiparae were successfully induced. With unfavourable induction features, the success rates were 48 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. In the remaining patients, all but four were successfully delivered when intravenous oxytocin was also used. The method was safe, simple and inexpensive and had many advantages for patients and nursing staff.