True umbilical cord knot, an emergency during labor

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Oct 13;7(11):2242-2244. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2441. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Begoña Díaz de la Noval¹, Iris Porcel Llaneza¹, Manuel Rueda Sepúlveda¹, Francisco Javier Ferrer Barriendos¹, Carmen Fernández Blanco¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias Oviedo Spain.

Abstract

An umbilical cord knot is an unexpected event that should not change obstetric approach for delivery.

Keywords: cesarean section; delivery; fetal distress; umbilical cord.

© 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Case Reports