Difference between revisions of "Placenta"

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==Coiling==
==Coiling==
===General===
===General===
*There is little uniformity in how coiling is assessed in the medical literature.<ref name=pmid21080869>{{cite journal |author=Khong TY |title=Evidence-based pathology: umbilical cord coiling |journal=Pathology |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=618–22 |year=2010 |month=December |pmid=21080869 |doi=10.3109/00313025.2010.520309 |url=}}</ref>
*There is little uniformity in how coiling is assessed in the medical literature - though 10% and 90% are considered the cut-points for normal.<ref name=pmid21080869>{{cite journal |author=Khong TY |title=Evidence-based pathology: umbilical cord coiling |journal=Pathology |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=618–22 |year=2010 |month=December |pmid=21080869 |doi=10.3109/00313025.2010.520309 |url=}}</ref>
*Hypo- and hypercoiling are both considered problematic.<ref name=Ref_WMSP464>{{Ref WMSP|464}}</ref>
*Hypo- and hypercoiling are both considered problematic.<ref name=Ref_WMSP464>{{Ref WMSP|464}}</ref>
*What are the 10% and 90% cut-points? They are not given in WMSP. UT access to a journal article<ref name=pmid16076615>PMID 16076615.</ref> that might have it is screwed-up.


=Twin placentas=
=Twin placentas=