Recent findings on laser treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Yamamoto, Masami ^a,b   Ville, Yves ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Chorionic plate anastomoses; Fetoscopy; Laser photocoagulation; Twin pregnancy; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNIOREDUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHORIONIC PLATE ANASTOMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL VEIN;

FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646517947     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000192969.75190.95     Document Type: Review

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