Use of gel with prostaglandin e2 in the context of programmed labors in primiparas

The labor characteristics and contractile activity of the uterus resulting from programmed labors after the intracervical application of gel with prostaglandin E₂ are studied. The gel with prostaglandin E₂ was not used in the matched control group of patients with programmed labors. After introduction of the gel the modified Bishop scores significantly improved, the labor began in one of the patients. During introduction of the gel the hypertonus of the uterus or the pathology of the fetus heart rate is not observed. The length of the active phase and the second period of the labor is significantly shorter than in the control group. The contractile activity of the uterus is similar in both groups. The primary cervical effect of the gel is supposed.