The Strategy against Iatrogenic Prematurity Due to True Umbilical Knot: From Prenatal Diagnosis Challenges to the Favorable Fetal Outcome.

ABSTRACT: True umbilical knot (TUK), although not a commonly encountered pathology, hasan important psychological burden on the mother and obstetrician. It has an extremely low prenatal ultrasound diagnosis rate, despite its adverse perinatal outcomes when unknown. We conducted a retrospective observational analytical study on a 7-year period (2015-2021), including all pregnancies overseen by a single fetal-maternal medicine specialist for monitoring and delivery. We analyzed the prenatal detection rate and correlations between prenatal diagnosis of TUK and pregnancy outcome in terms of associated maternal and fetal factors, time and mode of delivery, fetal weight at birth, maternal level of stress, and iatrogenic prematurity. We compared our results with an electronic search of the literature to st

SUBMITTER: Bohiltea RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8836486 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature