Combination of misoprostol and mechanical dilation for induction of labour: a randomized controlled trial

Retracted: Oral misoprostol alone versus oral misoprostol and Foley's catheter for induction of labor: A randomized controlled trial

“…To calculate an adequate sample size, we searched the literature for comparisons between oral misoprostol and combination. There is only one study that directly compares induction between the two but they used a double‐balloon catheter . Using that study as a reference and assuming similar proportions for the combination and misoprostol alone, the sample size for the study came to be n = 155 patients in each group.…”

Double-balloon catheter and sequential vaginal prostaglandin E2 versus vaginal prostaglandin E2 alone for induction of labor after previous cesarean section

“…Induction of labor because of PROM is very effective as it is already a strong triggering factor for onset of labor in term pregnancies [37]. Additional methods may therefore be of minor importance for which reason double-balloon catheter was not routinely used in this situation.…”

Maternal and neonatal outcome of labour induction at term comparing two regimens of misoprostol

“…An alternative could be to combine pharmacological and mechanical techniques such as an intracervical Foley catheter or double-balloon catheter to shorten the latency period while avoiding tachysystole or hyperstimulation syndrome. Hence, there are recent studies evaluating the role of adjuvant interventions to shorten the overall duration of induced labour and also to improve the outcome by using lower dosages of misoprostol [1,3,13].…”