Vasa previa is an extremely rare, but severe, complication of pregnancy. In vasa previa, some fetal umbilical cord blood vessels run across or very close to the internal opening of the cervix. These ...

Ruptured vasa previa is rare but usually catastrophic if delivery is not imminent. We present a case of ruptured vasa previa in velamentous cord insertion placenta. The fetus survived despite 6 h of a ...

About 27 weeks into her pregnancy, Marisa Resendez had a decision to make. She’d been diagnosed with vasa previa, the dangerous placement of fetal blood vessels near the cervix. “If my water broke or ...

Velamentous cord insertion affects the baby's connection to the placenta, which develops when you are pregnant. The placenta is a unique organ that contains tissue from both the baby and the mother.

A fetal surgeon successfully treated in utero a rare but potentially devastating prenatal condition, which, if undetected, is frequently deadly for newborns. A University of South Florida fetal ...

Pregnant women at risk of a complication known as vasa previa should be screened for it at about 20 weeks, according to new guidelines for maternity care. The recommendation could save the lives of up ...

A Toronto couple whose baby daughter died during childbirth says doctors should make screening for vasa previa— a condition where the placenta lies low in the uterus— a common practice. Michael and ...