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Published on: January 17, 2019
[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.
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.
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.

