Cord prolapse: is antenatal diagnosis possible?
Cord presentation was diagnosed antenatally in nine patients at term referred for fetal ultrasound assessment (incidence of 0.61%). Seven patients were delivered by cesarean section; cord position was confirmed in four and suspected in three patients. There were two vaginal deliveries, one following spontaneous version and the other a stillbirth associated with cord prolapse.
D001946:Breech Presentation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011187:Posture; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011391:Prolapse; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000473:pathology*