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Balloon cervical ripening From: Bernard Cristalli (bcrist@club-internet.fr) Mon Apr 7 16:32:19 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Geffrey Klein: "adnexal Cyst And possible ectopic" Previous message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Ectopic pregnancy- when to quit?" Next in thread: Darach Corcoran: "Re: Balloon cervical ripening" Maybe reply: Darach Corcoran: "Re: Balloon cervical ripening" Susan McNiel wrote: > > How does it compare to other cervical dilators, ie dilapan or laminaria? > -- Quite different. The indication is the induction of labour at term Here's the way i use it Insert a Foley catheter with a 30 ml balloon in the cervix till the inferior pole of the egg, then inflate it. Infuse normal saline in the catheter at 60 ml per hour. Carry on till the catheter falls. The cervix is at 3-4 cms. Or stop after 6 hours -- Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF Paris - France http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm Next message: Geffrey Klein: "adnexal Cyst And possible ectopic" Previous message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Ectopic pregnancy- when to quit?" Next in thread: Darach Corcoran: "Re: Balloon cervical ripening" Maybe reply: Darach Corcoran: "Re: Balloon cervical ripening"

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