Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) facilitates fetoscopic interventions in complicated monochorionic twin pregnancies

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1428-1433

  Kohl, T ^a,b   Tchatcheva, K ^a   Berg, C ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Van De Vondel, P ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discordant gemini; Fetal surgery; Fetoscopy; Insufflation; Monochorionic twins; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS); Umbilical cord ligation

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HUMAN; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN PREGNANCY; OMPHALOCELE; PARTIAL AMNIOTIC CARBON DIOXIDE INSUFFLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

AMNION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSUFFLATION; LIGATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 34547188621     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9183-7     Document Type: Article

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