Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section
Pregnancies complicated with velamentous cord insertion (VCI) are at risk of adverse perinatal outcome. Placental and umbilical cord assessment should be performed during routine obstetric ultrasound. We report a case of velamentous cord insertion that was not identified antenatally. A 28-year-old p...
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| author | Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan |
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| description | Pregnancies complicated with velamentous cord insertion (VCI) are at risk of adverse perinatal outcome. Placental and umbilical cord assessment should be performed during routine obstetric ultrasound. We report a case of velamentous cord insertion that was not identified antenatally. A 28-year-old primigravida at 40 weeks gestation presented in active phase of labour. Intrapartum, cardiotocography (CTG) tracing was pathological. Thus, decision was made for emergency caesarean section and a velamentous cord insertion was found. Despite a favourable outcome, this case highlighted the importance of antenatal diagnosis of VCI and thus preventing catastrophic outcome. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:102422017-03-29T08:58:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan Pregnancies complicated with velamentous cord insertion (VCI) are at risk of adverse perinatal outcome. Placental and umbilical cord assessment should be performed during routine obstetric ultrasound. We report a case of velamentous cord insertion that was not identified antenatally. A 28-year-old primigravida at 40 weeks gestation presented in active phase of labour. Intrapartum, cardiotocography (CTG) tracing was pathological. Thus, decision was made for emergency caesarean section and a velamentous cord insertion was found. Despite a favourable outcome, this case highlighted the importance of antenatal diagnosis of VCI and thus preventing catastrophic outcome. Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/1/9._raimi_et_al..pdf Raimi Z, and Ng, Beng Kwang and Abdul Kadir AK, and Lim, Pei Shan (2016) Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section. Journal of Surgical Academia, 6 (2). pp. 37-39. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc |
| spellingShingle | Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| title | Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| title_full | Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| title_fullStr | Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| title_full_unstemmed | Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| title_short | Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| title_sort | velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/1/9._raimi_et_al..pdf |