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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Main Authors:	Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang, Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan
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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/1/9._raimi_et_al..pdf

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spelling	ukm-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
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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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author	Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan
spellingShingle	Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section
author_facet	Raimi Z, Ng, Beng Kwang Abdul Kadir AK, Lim, Pei Shan
author_sort	Raimi Z,
title	Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section
title_short	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_sort	velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10242/1/9._raimi_et_al..pdf
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Velamentous cord insertion: a rare cause of emergency caesarean section

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