Cesarean section as a result of unsuccessfull Labor induction

Introduction: The aim of the study was to show the incidence of cesarean section during unsuccessful labor inductions in 2004 at Institute of gynecology and obstetrics Clinical Center of Serbia. Materials and methods: The patients were divided in three groups. Group I included 81 patient whose labor was inducted with PGE1. Group II 210 patients where we used PGE2 and group III 44 patients where we used oxytocin. Results: The most frequent indication for induction was prolonged pregnancy (50%) and hypertension in pregnancy (11%). The average duration of labor was 8.6 hours in group I, 5.9 hours in group II and 10.4 hours in group III. The incidence of cesarean sections was 13.5% in group 1, 0.9% in group II and 87% in group III. Conclusion: PGE2 still remains the most reliable way of labor induction.