Nature

Cervical ripening with the balloon catheter and the risk of subsequent preterm birth

A retrospective study was held at a university teaching hospital between January 2007 and June 2013. The study group included women who underwent cervical ripening using a balloon (single or double) ...
Business Wire

Cervical Ripening Balloon from Cook Medical Now Available with Stylet

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cook Medical’s Cervical Ripening Balloon will now be available with a guiding stylet that offers added stiffness to facilitate placement when conditions for ...
Medscape

At-Home Cervical Ripening Safely Shortens Inpatient Labor

Women who undergo balloon cervical ripening at home spend less time in the labor and delivery unit and have fewer cesarean deliveries than those who have the induction procedure in a hospital, ...
Medscape

Foley Catheter Beats Cook Cervical for Labor Induction

SAN FRANCISCO — When labor is induced with a Foley catheter balloon, women deliver, on average, 10 hours sooner than when it is induced with a Cook Cervical Ripening Balloon, a new retrospective study ...
Nature

Intra-vaginal prostaglandin E2 versus double-balloon catheter for labor induction in term oligohydramnios

Fifty-two patients with oligohydramnios ⩽5 cm and Bishop score ⩽6 were randomized for labor induction with a vaginal insert containing 10 mg timed-release dinoprostone (PGE2) or double-balloon ...