Selective cord coagulation in acardiac twins

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 458-463

  Diehl, W ^a   Hecher, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar cord coagulation; Fetoscopy; Laser coagulation; Placental vascular anastomoses; TRAP sequence; Twin reversed arterial perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWIN REVERSED ARTERIAL PERFUSION; TWINS;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 35648976160     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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