The MedMal Room: Oxytocin and VBAC - When Induction Turns Catastrophic
A new multicenter study quietly confirms what experience has long warned: oxytocin and prior cesarean scars are a dangerous mix.
In obstetrics, few drugs are as paradoxical as oxytocin. It brings life into the world—and sometimes, it ends it. A new Obstetrics & Gynecology study by Bruno and colleagues (2025) should stop every clinician in their tracks:
during a trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC), the risk of uterine rupture was nearly five to ten times higher when oxytocin was…
