A COMPARISON OF OESTRADIOL AND PROSTAGLANDIN E2 FOR RIPENING THE CERVIX

  1. P. Stewart Senior Registrar ,
  2. J. H. Kennedy Lecturer ,
  3. D. H. Barlow Hall Fellow ,
  4. A. A. Calder Senior Lecturer

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00974.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 88, Issue 3, pages 236–239, March 1981

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Stewart, P., Kennedy, J. H., Barlow, D. H. and Calder, A. A. (1981), A COMPARISON OF OESTRADIOL AND PROSTAGLANDIN E2 FOR RIPENING THE CERVIX. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 236–239. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00974.x

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  1. University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow G4 ONA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received June 11, 1980/Accepted September 22, 1980

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Summary

A study was conducted to compare the cervical ripening effect of extra-amniotic prostaglandin E2 with that of extra-amniotic oestradiol valerate in preparation for induction of labour. Sixty primigravidae with an unripe cervix received one or other agent suspended in a viscous gel. The degree of cervical ripening was similar in both groups but more patients treated with prostaglandins became established in labour before planned amniotomy, and poor progress in labour was less common in this group.

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