Efficacy of Oral Misoprostol Compared with Vaginal Dinoprostone for Cervical Ripening and Labor Induction

Abstract

Objective: The study focuses on the pharmacological induction of labor and aims at comparing oral misoprostol (Cytotec ® ) with vaginal dinoprostone (slow-release vaginal insert Propess ® and vaginal gel Prepidil ® ). Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted. Through medical records review, we collected data on women at term with a singleton pregnancy who underwent labor induction at our tertiary care center, Sant’Anna Hospital of Turin, from January 2018 to January 2023. A total of 1230 were included: 446 received oral misoprostol