Successful intrauterine management of severe feto-fetal transfusion in a monochorionic triplet pregnancy using bipolar umbilical cord coagulation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-400

  Baschat, Ahmet Alexander ^a   Muench, M V ^a   Mighty, H E ^a   Harman, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord coagulation; Fetal therapy; Monochorionic pregnancy; Triplet to triplet transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPOLAR UMBILICAL CORD COAGULATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHORION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TROCAR; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CHORION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TRIPLETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0142196773     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073130     Document Type: Article

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