The Umbilical Cord

The Umbilical Cord

ABNORMAL positions of the umbilical cord are difficult to define anatomically. The normal or usual positions are not demonstrable at present. At Caesarean Section the cord is usually in the upper segment and only seen in the lower segment in the minority of cases; however, that is the impression given by memory and not by a statistical survey. Functionally an abnormal position could be defined ...

Malformation of the Umbilical Cord

Malakoplakia Affecting the Umbilical Cord

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Malakoplakia, meaning soft (malako) plaque (plakia), is a rare benign inflammatory lesion. ...

Hernia into the Umbilical Cord

On Aug. 24, 1896, I saw a child which had been born the day before. The child, a full time male, 51 cms. long, was well, and except at the navel, well formed. At the navel the abdominal wall was defective over an almost circular area of 6 cms. diameter,the space being occupied by a nearly hemispherical swelling covered by the expanded membranes of the umbilical cord. The swelling protruded abou...

Umbilical cord accidents

The Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network recently reported on the probable or possible cause of death of 512 stillbirths whose mothers consented to complete postmortem examination [1]. Umbilical cord accidents (UCA) represented 10% of stillbirths [1]. In Caucasians the UCA associated stillbirth rate was 13% and 4% in non-Hispanic black. 9% of stillbirths were due to hypertension and 8% due...