Inpatient trials [ 7 ], OPC women spent significantly less time in hospital prior to the birth of their baby, but the overall decrease in length of stay failed to reach statistical significance.
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Outpatient Foley catheter versus inpatient prostaglandin E2 gel for induction of labour: a randomised trial.
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The increased (borderline significance) instrumental delivery rate in OPC has not been noted in inpatient mechanical vs. chemical IOL trials [ 3 ], but was noted in a prior outpatient vs. inpatient PGE2 trial [ 11 ].
There were more instrumental deliveries in the OPC group although this did not reach statistical significance (Table 3 ).