COMPARING BISHOP SCORE WITH CERVICAL LENGTH BY TVS IN PREDICTING SUCCESSFUL LABOR-INDUCTION
DR. SRISHTI CHANDRA (1), DR. BANI SARKAR (2)

INTRODUCTION:

Induction of labour -iatrogenic stimulation of uterine contraction (1)

Bishop score – digital assessment of cervix since 1964 . (2)

Scoring - simple , less time taking

Drawback - subjective, not considers supravaginal portion of cervix(3)

TVS’ assessed cervical length – promising for its reproducibility and accurate documentation

Quantitative documentation of cervical length may also regulate caesarean section rate occurring due to failed induction or non-progress

CONCLUSION:

With significant correlation between TVS assessed cervical length (cutoff- 2.4cm) and Bishop score, it provides higher diagnostic accuracy