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Date publication
octobre 2012
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr RAMANAH Rajeev
Tous les auteurs :
Gannard-Pechin E, Ramanah R, Cossa S, Mulin B, Maillet R, Riethmuller D
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Résumé
AIM: To determine the incidence of umbilical cord prolapse, the characteristics of the population, and to evaluate its management and the neonatal prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ninety-three cases of cord prolapse that occurred between January 1986 and December 2009 at our level III labour ward were studied retrospectively. RESULTS: The incidence of cord prolapse was 0.18%. It occurred in 66.7% of cases in multiparous patients, in 19.4% of cases in twin pregnancies, and in 41.9% of cases in breech presentations. In 34.4% of cases, the gestational age was less than 37 weeks. Birth occurred vaginally in 33.3% of cases with a delivery time interval significantly less than for caesarean sections (P
Référence
J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2012 Oct;41(6):574-83
