The induction of labor with balloon catheter after a previous cesarean section, a retrospective cohort study

Introduction: The induction of labor on a scarred uterus is a challenge for obstetricians and requires both effective and safe methods. Material and methods: In this retrospective study we included 190 term pregnancies: 113 women where the induction of labor was performed with a balloon catheter and 77 women where the labor was induced with oxytocin. We excluded all pregnancies with lethal congenital anomalies. As a primary outcome we compared the rate of vaginal deliveries between the two groups. Further we compared in each group the rate of vaginal, respectively CS deliveries between women with and without a p…