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. 2020 Feb 27;2020(2):CD000451. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000451.pub3

Manidakis 1999.

Trial name or title Prostaglandins versus stripping of membranes in management of pregnancy beyond 40‐41 weeks
Methods  
Participants Women beyond 40 weeks of gestation with an unfavourable cervix
Interventions Three groups
Group 1: daily prostin‐E2 1.5 to 3 mg at 41 weeks for 3 days
Group 2: twice‐weekly 2 to 3 minute ‘non vigorous’ membrane stripping at 40 weeks
Group 3: quote: “expectant management with twice weekly cervical examination”
Outcomes Induction of labour with other methods.
Starting date Reported as a pilot study during a meeting in 1999.
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