Location of placenta and clinical course of labour

The results of studies on 2396 women are presented. Relations were found between location of placenta and 'ripeness' of uterine cervix, duration of labour, prognostic value of intrauterine pressure, complications of the third stage, fate of the newborn and success of induction of labour. The authors arrived at the conclusion that attachment of the placenta to the fundus uteri may be considered an unfavourable location causing an increase in the number of different deviations from normal labour.