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Vaginal ultrasound with measurement of cervical length and elastography and assessment of the Bishop Score were performed before and 3\u00a0h after IOL. The measured parameters were correlated to the outcome of IOL and the time until delivery.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2020-0189_abs_003_w2aab3b7c39b1b6b1aab1c16b3Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We observed an association between the strain pattern and the value of the strain ratio 3\u00a0h after IOL and a successful IOL (p=0.0343 and p=0.0342, respectively) which can be well demonstrated by the results after 48\u00a0h. In our study population the cervical length and the Bishop Score did not prove to be relevant parameters for the prediction of a successful IOL.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2020-0189_abs_004_w2aab3b7c39b1b6b1aab1c16b4Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We demonstrated for the first time that the cervical elastography pattern after the first prostaglandine application can help predict the outcome of IOL.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpm-2020-0189","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,5]],"date-time":"2020-10-05T06:36:23Z","timestamp":1601879783000},"page":"195-202","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Cervical elastography strain ratio and strain pattern for the prediction of a successful induction of labour"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"Marlit Karen","family":"Strobel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Eveslage","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research , University of M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Helen Ann","family":"K\u00f6ster","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mareike","family":"M\u00f6llers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Janina","family":"Braun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chiara","family":"de Santis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathrin","family":"Oelmeier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Walter","family":"Klockenbusch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ralf","family":"Schmitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics , University Hospital M\u00fcnster , M\u00fcnster , Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023040100154860788_j_jpm-2020-0189_ref_001_w2aab3b7c39b1b6b1ab2b2b1Aa","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Middleton, P, Shepherd, E, Crowther, CA. 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