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Analgesia for Induced Labor and for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section

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Induction of labor is the artificial stimulation of uterine contractions for the purpose of vaginal birth. It is one of the most commonly practiced procedures in obstetrics, occurring in over 20 % of pregnancies [1].

Reasons for this increase of inductions relate to the widespread availability of better cervical ripening agents, pressure from patients, physician’s desire to arrange a convenient time of delivery, and litigious constraints [2].

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Capogna, G. (2015). Analgesia for Induced Labor and for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section. In: Capogna, G. (eds) Epidural Labor Analgesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13890-9_13

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