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amniotic sac

NOUN
  1. thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

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  • Selective bipolar umbilical cord cautery and transection of anomalous parabiotic twin The patient was a 33-year-old, second pregnancy, referred at 21 weeks gestational age for pregnancy complicated by a monochorionic, monoamniotic (single shared placenta, single shared amniotic sac) twin pregnancy, with one twin reported to have multiple congenital anomalies. Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence and Bipolar Cord
  • If your doctor leaves pieces of the baby, placenta, umbilical cord, or amniotic sac in your body, you may develop pain, bleeding, or a low grade fever.
  • The baby is further developed and is becoming more efficient in the amniotic sac.
  • Care was exercised not to separate the amniotic sac into its components, the chorion and amnion.
  • It is possible for infection to occur, and miscarriage is a further possibility, for example if the amniotic sac has been punctured during the procedure.
  • Fluid in the amniotic sac surrounding the fetus also contains fetal DNA.
  • You may feel a sharp stinging sensation when the needle pierces the amniotic sac but this should only last a few seconds.
  • Care was exercised not to separate the amniotic sac into its components, the chorion and amnion.
  • The amniotic sac that contains your baby begins to form about 12 days after conception.
  • The stalk lengthens as the fetus develops within its amniotic sac, and at the uterine end the blood vessels become part of the developing placenta.
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