Vasa previa is a rare complication that can occur during pregnancy. It happens when some of the blood vessels that connect your baby's umbilical cord to your placenta cross over, or near, the opening ...

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 ...

Tampa, FL (Dec. 18, 2007) -- A University of South Florida fetal surgeon at Tampa General Hospital successfully treated in utero a rare but potentially devastating condition in which placental blood ...

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 ...