DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i01.037

Pages: 175-177

Intra-partum finding of umbilical cord around the baby’s neck is common, seen in about a third of normal deliveries. The reported incidence varies from 5.7% in India to up to 35.1% in Switzerland. With the increasing use of color Doppler in Ultrasound, nuchal cord has become a part of the report. The aim and objective of the study was to observe maternal the perinatal outcome in babies with cord around the neck. A total of 676 full term deliveries in labour were studied, with 100 cases with a single or multiple loops of cord. The cases without cord around neck served as control. The cases were chosen randomly in a study period between April 2014 and September 2014 at Adichunchangiri Institute of Medical Sciences B G Nagar. Incidence of the cord around neck in present study is 14.7% of the 676 deliveries in 6 months period. 76% babies had loose loops of cord around neck, 24% babies had tight loops of cord around neck, 68 babies had loose loop of single cord around neck, 1 patient had 3 tight loop of cord around neck. In present study 86% had 1 loop of cord around neck, 13% had 2 loops of cord around neck, 1% had 3 loops cord aroun neck.