Comparing membrane sweep and cervical massage in preventing the need for formal labour induction in uncomplicated pregnancy at term: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Salila Sameera Bandara Madugalle; Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Chandana Sirimewan Jayasundara; Indu Asanka Jayawardane

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324172

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Comparing membrane sweep and cervical massage in preventing the need for formal labour induction in uncomplicated pregnancy at term: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Salila Sameera Bandara Madugalle ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Salila Sameera Bandara Madugalle, Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Chandana Sirimewan Jayasundara, Indu Asanka Jayawardane

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: madugallesameera@gmail.com

Affiliation Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5876-5567

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Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Chandana Sirimewan Jayasundara ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Salila Sameera Bandara Madugalle, Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Chandana Sirimewan Jayasundara, Indu Asanka Jayawardane

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Indu Asanka Jayawardane

Contributed equally to this work with: Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Salila Sameera Bandara Madugalle, Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Chandana Sirimewan Jayasundara, Indu Asanka Jayawardane

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-8035

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Comparing membrane sweep and cervical massage in preventing the need for formal labour induction in uncomplicated pregnancy at term: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Thennakoon Mudiyanselage Salila Sameera Bandara Madugalle,
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Chandana Sirimewan Jayasundara,
Indu Asanka Jayawardane

Published: May 20, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324172

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