True Double Umbilical Cord Knots with Good Fetal Outcome: An Incidental Finding on Delivery

Abstract

Leonard Ssebwami,1,2 Koros Aron Kiptoo,2 Joan Diana Nabirye,1 Immaculate Ayebare,1 Simon Byonanuwe2 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Hoima, Uganda; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kampala International University, Bushenyi, UgandaCorrespondence: Simon Byonanuwe, Email [email protected]: Umbilical cord knots are very rare cases. As opposed to single loop knots, double-and more loop knots are extremely rare. When they occur, adverse outcomes become inevitable in most cases. We present this rare case diagnosed coincidentally on cesarean section at term with good fetal outcome.Keywords: case report, true double knot, umbilical cord

Keywords

• case report
• true double knot
• umbilical cord