Peripheral cord insertions are associated only with adverse pregnancy outcome when accompanied by clinically significant placental pathology.
D StapletonA DarmonkowA Ravi ChandranN MilliganR SaghianS ShinarClare L WhiteheadS R HobsonL SerghidesC K MacgowanJohn G SledJ C KingdomAhmet Alexander BaschatW Tony ParksLindsay S CahillPublished in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2023)
This study demonstrates that peripheral cord insertion often is part of the spectrum of findings of maternal vascular malperfusion disease and is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, adverse outcomes were uncommon when there was an isolated peripheral cord insertion and no placental pathology. Therefore additional sonographic and biochemical features of maternal vascular malperfusion should be sought when a peripheral cord is observed. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.