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The importance of placental examination in newborns with single umbilical artery
Examination of placentas from newborns with single umbilical artery (SUA) can furnish valuable data to Perinatologists. Thus, 33.3% of the SUA newborns with gross macroscopic alterations of the placenta were malformed. In the other hand, 75% of the malformed SUA newborns had gross placental alterations. It is pointed out the importance of examination of the placenta, even at unaided eye, as a tool to prevent the Perinatologist in search of probable malformations (both apparent or occult).
Examination of placentas from newborns with single umbilical artery (SUA) can furnish valuable data to Perinatologists. Thus, 33.3% of the SUA newborns with gross macroscopic alterations of the placenta were malformed. In the other hand, 75% of the malformed SUA newborns had gross placental alterations. It is pointed out the importance of examination of the placenta, even at unaided eye, as a tool to prevent the Perinatologist in search of probable malformations (both apparent or occult).
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