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Surgical Induction of Labour
Author(s) -
Wong P. C.,
Ratnam S. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1985.tb00040.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , pregnancy , obstetrics , population , complication , surgery , environmental health , genetics , biology
Summary Six hundred and forty‐one patients who underwent induced labour over a 12 month period were analysed. The ethnic group distribution was similar to that in the obstetric population. 54.6% of these were primiparous patients. The common indications of induced labour were hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, static weight and post‐term pregnancy. The mean induction delivery interval was 8.52 hours in primiparous and 5.18 hours in multi‐parous patients. The caesarean section rate was 15% and this was statistically more than those with spontaneous labour. The rate of complication was very low.