A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial of amnioreduction vs selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for the treatment of severe twin-twin transfusion syndrome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396.e1-396.e9

  Crombleholme, Timothy M ^a   Shera, David ^b   Lee, Hanmin ^c   Johnson, Mark ^b   D'Alton, Mary ^d   Porter, Flint ^e   Chyu, Jacquelyn ^f   Silver, Richard ^h   Abuhamad, Alfred ^g   Saade, George ⁱ   Shields, Laurence ^j   Kauffman, David ^k   Stone, Joanne ^l   Albanese, Craig T ^c   Bahado Singh, Ray ^a   Ball, Robert H ^e   Bilaniuk, Larissa ^b   Coleman, Beverly ^m   Farmer, Diana ^c   Feldstein, Vickie ^c   Harrison, Michael R ^c   Hedrick, Holly ^b   Livingston, Jeffrey ^a   Lorenz, Robert P ⁿ   Miller, David A ^o   Norton, Mary E ^c   Polzin, William J ^a   Robinson, Julian N ^d   Rychik, Jack ^b   Sandberg, Per L ^c   Seri, Istvan ^b   Simon, Erin ^b   Simpson, Lynn L ^d   Yedigarova, Larisa ^o   Wilson, R Douglas ^b   Young, Bruce ^p   more..

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^h EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^l MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁿ WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center   (United States)

^p NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

amnioreduction; selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOREDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE FETOSCOPIC LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

EID: 34648836900     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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