Induction of Labour with intracervical Foley’s catheter and intravaginal Misoprostol
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Induction of labour is a common procedure in obstractics so there is need to have safe procedure for mother and fetus with least complications. Intracervical insertion of Foley’s catheter with intra vaginal misoprostol has been shown to be safe and effective method of cervical priming in the induction of labour. We evaluated indications, effectiveness and outcome of this method in induction of labour Material and Methods: 100 women were enrolled for the study presented in the department of Obs and Gynecology, Govt. Medical College, Patiala requiring induction of labour. All had singleton pregnancy with cephalic presentation, intact membranes and gestations 37 weeks. History of caesarean section, uterine surgery and low lying placenta were excluded. Women who had Bishop score <2 , 16 F Foley’s catheter was inserted into the cervical canal and 25 gm of misoprostol was given intra vaginal and repeated 4 hourly maximum of 5 doses. Catheter was left undisturbed until spontaneous explusion or 4 hours after the last dose of misoprostrol. If labour was not induced by above procedure it was considered failed induction. Results: Out of 100 women 98 had successful induction and 2 had failed induction. 84 had normal virginal delivery and 14 had cesarean section due to various reasons
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Dr. Arvinder Kaur, Dr. Santosh Dr. Parneet Kaur, Dr. Manpreet
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- EP ID EP550405
- DOI 10.22192/ijcrms.2018.04.01.007
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