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A short umbilical cord is defined as 35 cm or less, whereas a long cord is 80 cm or more.
Short umbilical cords have been associated with a delay in the second stage of labor, irregular fetal
heart tones, placental abruption, rupture of the umbilical cord, inversion of the uterus, birth asphyxia,
umbilical hernia and long umbilical cord have been associated more frequently... |
