Servikal uzunluğun postterm gebelikte doğum indüksiyonuna etkisi

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effect of cervical length measured before induction of labor on the duration of labor and oxytocin dose administered for induction during labor in post-term pregnant women. 
 Materials and Methods: Eighty-seven post-term pregnant women were included in this prospective study. Cervical length was measured before the induction of labor with oxytocin. The relationship between cervical length and the time until delivery and total oxytocin dose parameters were examined. The effect of confounder factors was determined by logistic regression analysis.
 Results: Sixty-five (74.71%) of the patients gave birth by normal vaginal delivery and 22 (25.29%) by cesarean section. It was found that parity, bishop score, cervical length and fetal weight variables predicted oxytocin dose by 67% (R-square = 0.675). Patients with a cervical length of >32mm measured before induction were more likely to have a cesarean section than those with a cervix shorter than 32 mm (OR:3.7). Parity had the greatest effect among these variables (β = -.40, p