Abstract
Objective:
To compare translabial three-dimensional (3D) power Doppler ultrasound with Bishop score and transvaginal ultrasound measurements for cervical assessment before induction of labor with dinoprostone or cervical ripening balloon.
Materials and methods:
Translabial cervical volume and length, vascularization indices and transvaginal cervical length were measured. Results were compared among women who had vaginal delivery at 24 h or less and more than 24 h after the insertion of the dinoprostone vaginal insert or cervical ripening balloon and among women who had vaginal delivery and cesarean delivery for failure to go into labor or failure to progress.
Results:
There was no correlation between the time to delivery after a ripening agent was applied and translabial cervical volume, translabial cervical length, vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI), vascularization flow index (VFI), transvaginal cervical length and Bishop scores. The ultrasonographic measurements were no different among women who had vaginal delivery at 24 h or less and more than 24 h and among women who had vaginal delivery and cesarean delivery for failure to go into labor or failure to progress.
Conclusion:
In this study, we failed to demonstrate the superiority of translabial 3D ultrasonography over Bishop score and transvaginal ultrasonography for predicting the success of induction of labor.
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- Letter to the Editor
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Review articles
- Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma infection in pregnancy: to screen or not to screen
- Increased rates of cesarean sections and large families: a potentially dangerous combination
- Original articles - Obstetrics
- Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VII: the amniotic fluid cellular immune response
- Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VIII: a rapid MMP-8 test for the identification of intra-amniotic inflammation
- The importance of clinically and ethically fine-tuning decision-making about cesarean delivery
- Use of translabial three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound for cervical assessment before labor induction
- Perinatal death associated with umbilical cord prolapse
- YKL-40 expression in abnormal invasive placenta cases
- B-type natriuretic peptide and echocardiography reflect volume changes during pregnancy
- Original articles - Fetus
- Evidence-based, ethically justified counseling for fetal bilateral renal agenesis
- Fetal thymus size in pregnant women with diabetic diseases
- Birth weight discordance and adverse perinatal outcomes
- Original articles - Newborn
- Carboxyhemoglobin – the forgotten parameter of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
- Growth attainment in German children born preterm, and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescence. Analysis of the population representative KiGGS data
- Fresh frozen plasma transfusion – a risk factor for pulmonary hemorrhage in extremely low birth weight infants?
- Letter to the Editor
- Risk factors for uterine rupture with a special interest in uterine fundal pressure: methodological issues
- Congress Calendar
- Congress Calendar