Background: The single umbilical artery (SUA), an entity with almost
unknown etiology, is still subject to discussion regarding its clinical
significance, especially when it is an isolated discovery (iSUA).
Methods: This retrospective study focused on the evaluation of fetuses
with ultrasound proven SUA during second trimester screening. These fetuses were
carefully investigated for other malformations. The respective pregnancies were
attentively followed up and the newborns were evaluated confirming SUA.
Results: The incidence of SUA was 0.57%, with 34.6% of these fetuses
having associated abnormalities being 19.2% cardiovascular, 15.3%
gastrointestinal, 11.5% cerebral, 7.6% osteomuscular and 3.8% urogenital.
Aneuploidy was present in 8% of these infants. These rates were significantly
greater compared with those noticed in “normal” three vessels umbilical cord
(TVC) fetuses (control group) (p
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Single umbilical artery: a continuous dilemma and challenge in obstetric management
Oana Sorina Tica1,2, Andrei Adrian Tica2,3,*, Doriana Cojocaru4,5, Irina Tica6,7,*, Victor Cojocaru4,5, Vlad Iustin Tica7,8,9
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Department of “Mother and Child”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania
2
Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Craiova, 200642 Craiova, Romania
3
Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, “Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Chisinau, 2004 Chisinau, Moldova
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“Timofei Mosneaga” Republican Clinical Hospital Chisinau, 2025 Chisinau, Moldova
6
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” Constanta, 900527 Constanta, Romania
7
University Regional Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900675 Constanta, Romania
8
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” Constanta, 900527 Constanta, Romania
9
Academy of Romanian Scientists, 050045 Bucharest, Romania
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(5), 1200–1205;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4805191
Submitted: 14 April 2021 | Revised: 25 June 2021 | Accepted: 28 June 2021 | Published: 15 October 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract
Keywords
Single umbilical artery (SUA)
Malformation
Aneuploidy
Trisomy
Oligohydramnios
Polyhydramnios
Funding
119.1/2019/PANMED SRL Craiova, Romania