WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 1997: Re: bandel's ring (?), rh-factor incompatibility

Re: bandel's ring (?), rh-factor incompatibility

From: Kelly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 16 May 1997 20:52:57 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 15 May 1997, wendy wrote: >
>I am looking for information regarding a birth complication described as
>a cord or band around the neck preventing normal vaginal delivery. The
>names I have heard are possibly Bandel's ring, or Hansen's girdle. Ring
>any bells with anyone?

A Bandle's ring is a constriction of the uterus. Occasionally they can "grip" the baby so tightly as to make vaginal delivery imposssible (I had one such case since I started residency in 1987) >
>I also would like to know about the survival rates of babies who are
>Rh-incompatible with the mother, where the mother has a history of one
>normal birth, two stillborns, and one last pregnancy with wildly erratic
>antibody counts throughout the pregnancy until birth - baby was
>delivered cesarean and received two full blood transfusions after birth
>due to jaundice. Is there any risk that the last baby will develop
>liver problems as a result of jaundice at birth, or any other increased
>risk due to these complications?

Your baby who had the blood transfusions has the same risks of developing hepatitis of HIV as anyone else having a blood transfusion. Check with your doctor for the specific risk rates in your area. In terms of future pregnancies, you will have to be monitored very closely with antibody titers and possible amniocentesis and/or umbilical cord blood sampling to make sure that baby is not hemolysing (destroying) its blood cells. Perhaps one of our MFM listers can anwer this better?? >
>--
>wendy rogers
>

--
Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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