[Correspondence] Foley catheterisation versus oral misoprostol to induce labour – Author's reply

I thank Ben Mol for his thoughtful comments about our research.1 He is concerned that 24 h is too short a cutoff time for vaginal birth, and that we should have continued the induction process with the Foley catheter before resorting to caesarean section. We would usually agree with him, but our study was done in a very different setting to his Dutch study.2 In Europe, outcomes of induced labour are so good that the procedure is often performed for weak indications to prevent adverse outcomes; hence, the proportion of Dutch pregnancies that are induced is around 15%.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research