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Twin labour complicated by umbilical cord knotting
N E Adelwöhrer1, W Walcher, W Hönigl
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Graz, Austria.
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a case of intrapartum distress of the first twin due to a knot in the umbilical cord. Cord blood flow is reduced according to Poiseuille's law as the knot tightens.