Value of Bishop score and ultrasound cervical length measurement in the prediction of cesarean delivery.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of Bishop score and cervical length in predicting the outcome of induced labor.

Material And Methods: A prospective observational study was performed during a year in women undergoing labor induction. Prior to the procedure, Bishop score was evaluated by transvaginal digital examination and cervical length was measured by transvaginal ultrasound.

Velamentous cord insertion in a singleton pregnancy: an obscure cause of emergency cesarean-a case report.

Approximately 2% of low-risk pregnant women still require an emergency Cesarean section after the onset of labor. Because it is likely that half of these cases are associated with placental and umbilical cord abnormalities, it is thought that prenatal detection of such abnormalities would reduce the number of emergency cesarean sections in low-risk women. Velamentous cord insertion is an abnormal cord insertion in which the umbilical vessels diverge as they traverse between the amnion and chorion before reaching the placenta.