Cord round the Neck

An adult with a cord round the neck: benign transient lymphangiectasis of the penis.

FETO-Maternal Outcome in Primigravida Having Single Loop of Cord Round the Neck

The objectives of the study were to compare the progress of labour, need of medical and surgical interventions and fetomaternal outcome in primigravidae with cord round neck versus without cord round neck at term or onset of labour. This study was performed at Mahila chiktsalaya, SMS Medical college Jaipur l from dec 2010 to December 2011. A total of 200 cases were studied over a 1 yr period. A...

Cord around the neck syndrome

A nuchal cord (or Cord-Around-the Neck (CAN)) occurs when the umbilical cord becomes wrapped around the fetal neck 360 degrees. Nuchal cords are very common, the incidence of nuchal cord increases with advancing gestation from 12% at 24 to 26 weeks to 37% at term [1]. Most are not associated with perinatal morbidity and mortality. In some fetuses and newborns CAN may cause problems, especially ...

Umbilical Cord Round the Child's Neck as a Cause of Delayed Labour, and Sometimes of Infantile Death

Delayed labour may be due to many factors ; therefore it is not surprising that different opinions are held as to whether circumvolution of the neck by the funis is ever really a retarding agent to the completion of parturition or not. So far as I know, most writers on obstetrics assign little importance to the condition. They tell us that the normal length of the cord is so and so, that with t...

Spinal Cord Injury Incurred by Neck Massage

Massage is generally accepted as a safe and a widely used modality for various conditions, such as pain, lymphedema, and facial palsy. However, several complications, some with devastating results, have been reported. We introduce a case of a 43-year-old man who suffered from tetraplegia after a neck massage. Imaging studies revealed compressive myelopathy at the C6 level, ossification of the p...