Septostomy with amniodrainage in the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: A 16-case report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-345

  Saito, Maurício ^a   Pontes, Ana Letícia Siqueira ^a   Porto Filho, Francisco Augusto ^a   Sousa, Francisco Lázaro Pereira ^a   Saito, Milton ^a   Araujo Jr , Edward ^a,b,c   Guimarães Filho, Hélio Antonio ^a   Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado ^b   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^b  

^a Fetal Medicine Unit of Sao Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Hydrops; Monochorionic diamniotic twin; Pregnancy outcome; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; SEPTOSTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33947534433     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0266-4     Document Type: Article

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