Can Cervical Cerclage Prevent Umbilical Cord Prolapse in Patients with Funic Presentation?

Post-cerclage ultrasonographic cervical length can predict preterm delivery in elective cervical cerclage patients

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of transvaginal ultrasound measurements of cervical length before and after elective prophylactic cervical cerclage in predicting preterm delivery before 32 weeks of gestation. METHODS Women who underwent an elective cerclage operation at 14 to 19 weeks of gestation and who delivered between January 2004 and December 2009 were enrolled in this study (n=52)...

Cervical cerclage in advanced prolapsed fetal membranes - Case presentation

The case presentation of a transvaginal cervical cerclage performed at a 7 cm dilation in a patient in the 22nd week of pregnancy, followed by a prolongation of the pregnancy until the gestational age of 38 weeks, was reported in the context of many similar cases managed by the authors of the article during a program of screening and prevention of preterm birth. The particularity of the case wa...

Can Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Treatment Be a Hope for Patients with Refractory Crohn’s Disease?

Labor induction by transcervical balloon catheter and cerebral palsy associated with umbilical cord prolapse.

AIM The aim of this study was to determine whether the use of transcervical balloon catheter (TCBC) for induction of labor (IOL) is a risk factor for cerebral palsy (CP) associated with umbilical cord prolapse (UCP-CP) in singleton pregnancies with cephalic presentation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Among all 102 infants with CP who were preliminarily determined as caused by antenatal and/or intrapar...

Very Rare Presentation of Hernia of Umbilical Cord

A baby girl, weighing 2.5 kg, presented on day 1 of life with a bowel lying outside the abdominal cavity. She born at 38 weeks gestation by spontaneous vaginal delivery. Antenatal scans at 13 and 17 weeks detected gastroschisis. Her APGAR score was satisfactory. On examination, the bowel was eviscerated outside the abdominal cavity through the small defect at the lateral side of the base of umb...