NCT00345254

Severing Nuchal Cord at the Time of Delivery.

Study That Clarifies Whether Cord Around the Neck Should be Severed at Delivery.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wolfson Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Umbilical cord often becomes encircled around portions of the fetus, usually the neck. The incidence ranges from 1 loop in 21% to 3 loops in 0.2%. In this study we wish to assessed the practice of severing the cord, which was encircled once around the neck of the fetus, after delivery of the anterior shoulder and prior to extraction of the body. The study and the control groups will include 30 women, each one. After diagnosis of cord around the neck during labor by ultrasound, the women will inter a randomization process. After delivery of the head, it will be cut intentionally in the study group and left intact in the control group. Neonatal outcome will be assessed.

Detailed description

Umbilical cord often becomes encircled around portions of the fetus, usually the neck. The incidence ranges from 1 loop in 21% to 3 loops in 0.2%. In this study we wish to assessed the practice of severing the cord, which was encircled once around the neck of the fetus, after delivery of the anterior shoulder and prior to extraction of the body. The study and the control groups will include 30 women, each one. After diagnosis of cord around the neck during labor by ultrasound, the women will inter a randomization process. After delivery of the head, it will be cut intentionally in the study group and left intact in the control group. Neonatal outcome will be assessed.

Conditions

• Perinatal Outcome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	severing cord	The cord was cut intentionally after delivery of the anterior shoulder and prior to extraction of the body.

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-09-01
• Primary completion: 2006-01-01
• Completion: 2006-01-01
• First posted: 2006-06-27
• Last updated: 2017-05-11
• Results posted: 2017-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel