One of the commonly recognized pathways leading to spontaneous preterm birth is cervical incompetence. 6 Cervical incompetence that accounts for 8 to 9% of preterm births may result from congenital ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cook Medical’s Cervical Ripening Balloon will now be available with a guiding stylet that offers added stiffness to facilitate placement when conditions for ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When labor is induced with a Foley catheter balloon, women deliver, on average, 10 hours sooner than when it is induced with a Cook Cervical Ripening Balloon, a new retrospective study ...

Women who undergo balloon cervical ripening at home spend less time in the labor and delivery unit and have fewer cesarean deliveries than those who have the induction procedure in a hospital, ...

Ultrasound estimation of amniotic fluid volume is an important component of prenatal surveillance, used to detect fetuses at high risk for an adverse outcome. 1 Decreased amniotic fluid ...

3.1 Insertion of a double balloon catheter for induction of labour at term in pregnant women aims to facilitate induction through causing dilation of the cervix when the cervix is unfavourable for ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This was a prospective study involving 85 patients admitted for induction of labour with unfavourable cervix at Usman Danfodiyo University ...

3.1 Insertion of a double balloon catheter for induction of labour at term in pregnant women aims to facilitate induction through causing dilation of the cervix when the cervix is unfavourable for ...