[Induction of labour using interrupted transfusions of posterior pituitary hormone. A study in uterine contractility (author's transl)].

We have tried to induce labour using interrupted infusions of oxytocin in order to try to mimic the physiological spurts that occur in the secretion of circulating oxytocin. Uterine contractions are quite different from those found in the usual form of induction of labour. Induction in this way resulted in dilatation of the cervix and vaginal delivery in the 100 cases we have studied. It seemed to us that with the absence of an intra-uterine catheter induction could be successful without rupturing the membranes.