Balloon in lieu of cytotec

From: Bernard Cristalli (bcrist@club-internet.fr)
Sun Apr 5 16:20:25 1998

William J Faulkner wrote: >
> Insert a 24 F Foley catheter into the extra-amnionic space, fill the 30cc
> balloon with saline, and pull the balloon down firmly against the
> internal os, tape it under tension to the inner thigh and she will be 3cm
> and ready for an amniotomy within 12 hours. You don't need to instill
> anything thru the Foley. Most of the supporting literature is from the
> Israelis, but I have used this for 25 years and not had a single failure.
>
--


This is the old Boissard balloon coming back from the early 20th
century, but it does work.



--
Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF
AIHP - ACCA
Paris - France
http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm


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