Cervical ripening with low-dose prostaglandins in planned vaginal birth after cesarean.

OBJECTIVES: To compare uterine rupture, maternal and perinatal morbidity rates in women with one single previous cesarean after spontaneous onset of labor or low-dose prostaglandin-induced cervical ripening for unfavourable cervix. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort study of 4,137 women w...

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Main Authors: Thomas Schmitz, Anne-Gaelle Pourcelot, Constance Moutafoff, Valérie Biran, Olivier Sibony, Jean-François Oury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3834249?pdf=render