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Fetal heart rate monitoring: (a,b). Persistent decreased variability (<5 bpm).
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Two hours after the induction, we still observed a reduced variability in fetal heart rate from cardiotocography (amplitude range of 5 beats/minute) with sporadic late decelerations (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)), then we proceeded to amniorrhexis which revealed meconium-stained amniotic fluid.
Umbilical cord strangulation: (a) Entrapment of umbilical cord by amniotic band. (b) Visualization of amniotic band.
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The examination of the placenta and the umbilical cord revealed an amniotic band causing entrapment and strangulation of part of the umbilical cord (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)).