Background: Most of umbilical cords are 50 to 60 cm long, and very few are abnormally short
or long. Short cord is defined as< 35 cm and long cord> 80 cm. Short cords maybe …

Aim To establish the reference intervals of cross-sectional area of the umbilical cord during
gestation and to find the correlation of umbilical cord cross-sectional area with the foetal …

It has been estimated that 30% of births have some type of umbilical cord abnormalities.
Disruption of the umbilical cord supply line is a major source of harm to the developing …

Donlon & al.(1) noticed that the umbilical cord is a critical connection between the embryo
(and later, the fetus) and the placenta. The umbilical cord houses the blood vessels that are …

Objectives: To study the association between thickness of the umbilical cord at 11+ 0 to 14+
6 gestational weeks and perinatal outcome. Methods: We studied 216 pregnant women …

Objectives: This study aimed to measure the umbilical cord indices (UCIs) after birth and to
determine its relationship with prenatal complications. Materials and Methods: The present …

To investigate how umbilical cord length relates to pregnancy outcomes, we retrospectively
analyzed data from 89,042 deliveries recorded in the Japan Society of Obstetrics and …

To contribute to the sparse information on dimensional variations of umbilical cords in
Ghana, 124 placentae with attached umbilical cords were studied. The placentae were …

Background: Umbilical cord is life line of the fetus. Though it is a simple structure of two
arteries, one vein & Wharton's jelly, it is of importance for fetal well being. Any change in its …