Extra-amniotic balloon for preinduction cervical ripening: a randomized comparison of weighted traction versus unweighted

Monica A. LutgendorfDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Alan JohnsonDepartment of Mathematics and Biostatistics, University of Arkansas—Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA

Eric R. TerpstraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, USA

Tracie C. SniderDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, USA

Everett F. MagannDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

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