title: [The induction of labour by acupunctural electrostimulation. A new technique and one that is thirty centuries old; a preliminary study (author's transl)].
abstract: Ten patients had their labours induced by acupunctural electrostimulation. This method was successful in starting labour each time. Eight women delivered normally vaginally. One had a caesarean and had uterine contractions without dilatation of the cervix. Electrostimulation has also allowed us to perform acceleration of labour.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Le déclenchement du travail par électrostimulation acuponcturale. Une technique nouvelle et vieille de trente siècles: étude préliminaire.