Congenital umbilical cord hernia is fairly common in infants and it is rarely associated with other anomalies. Sometimes, large umbilical cord hernia is confused with Small omphaloceles. We report an unusual case of umbilical cord hernia associated with patent vitello-intestinal duct (PVID), and Meckel's diverticulum underwent surgery and discharged with good general condition.

AIM To investigate the frequency of different cord care practices as well recommendations to parents on cord care, along with the need to identify as well as reach the consensus on best cord care practices and other procedures in newborn care among health workers. METHODS The study was conducted among 110 health care workers at the nursery departments in two general hospitals, six community-h...

OBJECTIVE To document the umbilical cord separation time and factors which may influence this among a cohort of infants. DESIGN Descriptive cross sectional study. SETTING Well Baby/Immunisation clinic in University of Benin teaching hospital, Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. SUBJECTS Four hundread and ninety seven consecutive mothers with their healthy infants were documented for age, pari...

appreciable reductions in newborn mortality in low-income and middle-income countries. We said that two recent trials 9,10 did not provide evidence to alter current WHO guidelines, 7 which recommend it for infants born at home in environments with neonatal mortality rates of more than 30 per 1000 livebirths. We stand by this. DO does not work with but has been a co-author of six publications in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risks and benefits of umbilical cord blood banking for future stem cell transplantation and to provide guidelines for Canadian perinatal care providers regarding the counselling, procedural, and ethical implications of this potential therapeutic option. OPTIONS Selective or routine collection and storage of umbilical cord blood for future autologous (self) or allogen...

BACKGROUND Umbilical cord infection developing subsequent to bacterial colonization is one of the outstanding reasons of newborn mortality and morbidity in underdeveloped and developing countries. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the influence of sponge and tub bathing methods on umbilical cord separation time in full term babies in Turkey. PATIENTS AND METHODS This quasi-experimenta...

objectives: considering the rarity of umbilical cord prolapse (ucp) and lack of accurate data about the risk factors and health outcomes, we aimed to evaluate cases of cesarean section (cs) due to ucp in order to reduce treatment costs and provide information about the mortality and morbidity associated with this condition.patients & methods: of 35,259 cases of cs performed in four hospitals du...