On July 2, Hoang Anh Gia Lai University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital announced that it had just successfully treated and treated a pregnant woman who unfortunately had umbilical cord atrophy, a medical emergency.
That same morning, when admitted to the hospital for a pregnancy check-up because of a feeling of abdominal pain, the pregnant woman L.T.T.T (born in 1997, 38 weeks pregnant, address in Krong Pa, Gia Lai) suddenly had a rupture in her water source and showed signs of umbilical cord failure.
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Department immediately activated the interdisciplinary red alert procedure, mobilizing all staff from the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Department, the Surgery - Anesthesia Department to quickly transport the mother to the operating room and perform emergency surgery.
Doctors directly performed the surgery to successfully arrest the child within 10 minutes, the baby was born healthy and had stable vital signs.
It is known that umbilical cord is responsible for providing oxygen and nutrients to the fetus. If there is no emergency cesarean section, the risk of fetal death is very high because the umbilical cord is compressed between the fetus and the pelvic frame. If the surgery is delayed, the fetus may have respiratory failure or brain damage due to lack of oxygen.
Doctors recommend that mothers need to follow important periodic pregnancy check-up milestones to detect early signs of abnormalities.
ultrasound can detect umbilical cord wrapped around the cervix of the fetus or in case of umbilical cord disease, from which the doctor will propose a suitable treatment plan.
