background: difficulty in cervical dilatation is a hard situation during the procedure of diagnostic dilatation and curettage in some cases. this study was performed to evaluate the effect of vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming before diagnostic dilatation and curettage. methods: in this study 56 women were selected as the candidates for dilatation and curettage. the study was double blind...

Cervical dilatation is a key event for successful vaginal delivery of young ones that occur just before parturition. Failure of cervical dilatation due to alterations in cervical ripening mechanism or insufficient uterine contraction poses problems in delivery of fetus. Cervical ripening is a multifactorial process which is an outcome of hormonal regulation, inflammatory process and enzymatic b...

One thousand consecutive labours in primigravid patients were evaluated to show the value of the combined use of a cervical dilatation graph and a policy of active management. Intervention was required at a significantly higher rate in patients with abnormal cervical dilatation patterns. Significantly more Caesarean sections were performed in patients with abnormal cervical dilatation pattern. ...

conclusions according to the appearance of the purple line in most of the cases and its high sensitivity and specificity, we can use it as a non-invasive complementary method for clinical assessment of labor progress. results the purple line appeared in 75.3% of women during the active phase of labor. appearance of the purple line in the prediction of labor progress had 90.2% sensitivity, 45.3%...

background with the advent of hystroscopic surgery, abnormalities confined to the uterine cavity such as endometrial polyps, submucous myomas, uterine septae and synechia , were supposed to be treated effectively. diagnostic hysteroscopy is the gold standard for investigating the intrauterine diseases as it allows for biopsy and removal of lesions. objectives forty premenopausal women without t...

Evening Primrose versus Misoprostol for Cervical Dilatation before Gynecologic Surgeries; a Double–blind Randomized Clinical Trial

The diameter of the internal cervical os was measured in several groups of patients in an attempt to assess any damage caused by suction termination of pregnancy. Pregnant women who had had a previous abortion by vacuum aspiration had significantly greater cervical diameters than those who had not, and there was a statistically significant correlation between dilatation of the cervix at operati...