Cervical ripening and induction of labour with foley's catheter compared to oxytocin

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, benefit, safety and maternal and fetal complications by using the Foley's urinary catheter size 20 versus oxytocin for preinduction ripening of the uterine cervix and induction of labour. Prospective randomized clinical trial. Labour and delivery ward Medani Maternity Teaching Hospital. In the period from Jul. 2004 to Feb. 2005 Seventy patients requiring induction of labour at term with a Bishop score of