[Rupture of an unscarred uterus at full term after an intracervical application of dinoprostone (Prepidil) gel]

S Heckel1, J Ohl, P Dellenbach

  • 1C.M.C.O. Schiltigheim, Strasbourg.

Revue Francaise De Gynecologie Et D'Obstetrique
|March 1, 1993
PubMed

The authors report a case of uterine rupture following intra-cervical application of dinoprostone (two doses at an interval of 6 hours). No oxytocic had been administered and recording of the contractions had revealed no hyperkinesia or hypertonia one hour before rupture occurred.