The outcome of twin-twin transfusion syndrome complicated with placental insufficiency

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 424.e1-424.e6

  Habli, Mounira ^a,b   Livingston, Jeffrey ^a,b   Harmon, Jeffery ^a   Lim, Foong Yen ^a,b   Plozin, William ^a,b,c   Crombleholme, Timothy ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

intrauterine growth restriction; placental insufficiency; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; AMNIOREDUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE FETOSCOPIC LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

EID: 52949115704     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Bernstein I., and Gabbe S.G. Intrauterine growth restriction. In: Gabbe S.G., Niebyl J.R., Simpson J.L., Annas G.J., et al. (Eds). Obstetrics: normal and problem pregnancies. 4th ed. (2002), Churchill Livingstone, New York
2. Wolfe H.M., and Gross T.L. Increased risk to the growth retarded fetus. In: Gross T.L., and Sokol R.J. (Eds). Intrauterine growth retardation: a practical approach (1989), Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago 111-124
3. Neerhof M.G. Causes of intrauterine growth restriction. Clin Perinatol 22 (1995) 375-385
4. Ananth C.V., Vintzileos A.M., Shen-Schwarz S., Smulian J.C., and Lai Y.L. Standards of birth weight in twin gestations stratified by placental chorionicity. Obstet Gynecol 91 (1998) 917-924
5. Bjoro K., and Bjoro K. Disturbed intrauterine growth in twins: etiological aspects. Acta Genet Med Gemellol 34 (1985) 73-79
6. Gaziano E.P., De Lia J.E., and Kuhlmann R.S. Diamnionic monochorionic twin gestations: an overview. J Matern Fetal Med 9 (2000) 89-96
7. Quintero R., Kontopoulos E., and Bornick P. Intrauterine growth retardation in twin twin transfusion syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 195 (2006) S205
8. Kingdom J.C., Nevo O., and Murphy K.E. Discordant growth in twins. Prenat Diagn 25 (2000) 759-765
9. Gratacos E., Carreras E., Becker J., et al. Prevalence of neurological damage in monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction and intermittent absent or reversed end-diastolic umbilical artery flow. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 24 (2004) 159-163
10. Quintero R.A., Bornick P.W., Morales W.J., and Allen M.H. Selective photocoagulation of communicating vessels in the treatment of monochorionic twins with selective growth retardation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 185 (2001) 689-696
11. Adegbite A.L., Castille S., Ward S., and Bajoria R. Neuromorbidity in preterm twins in relation to chorionicity and discordant birth weight. Am J Obstet Gynecol 190 (2004) 156-163
12. Fusi L., and Gordon H. Twin pregnancy complicated by single intrauterine death. Problems and outcome with conservative management, BJOG 97 (1990) 511-516
13. Seaward P.G., Murphy K.E., Ryan G., Windrim R., Challis D., and Gagnon A. Twin-twin transfusion syndrome. J Soc Obstet Gynaecol Can 20 (1998) 858-864
14. Crombleholme T.M., Shera D., Lee H., et al. A prospective, randomized, multicenter trail of amnioreduction vs. selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for the treatment of severe twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 197 (2007) 396 e1-e9
15. Senat M.V., Deprest J., Boulvain M., Paupe A., Winer N., and Ville Y. Endoscopic laser surgery versus serial amnioreduction for severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. N Engl J Med 351 (2004) 136-144
16. Harkness U.F., and Crombleholme T.M. Twin-twin transfusion syndrome: where do we go from here?. Semin Perinatol 29 (2005) 296-304
17. Battaglia F.C., and Lubchenco L.O. A practical classification of newborn infants by weight and gestational age. J Pediatr 71 (1967) 159-163
18. Divon M.Y., Chamberlain P.F., Sipos L., et al. Identification of the small for gestational age fetus with the use of gestational age-independent indices of fetal growth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 155 (1986) 1197-1201
19. Dashe J.S., McIntire D.D., Lucas M.J., et al. Effects of symmetric and asymmetric fetal growth on pregnancy outcomes. Obstet Gynecol 96 (2000) 321-327
20. Vinkesteijn A.S., Mulder P.G., and Wladimiroff J.W. Fetal transverse cerebellar diameter measurements in normal and reduced fetal growth. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 15 (2000) 47-51
21. Hadlock F.P., Harrist R.B., Carpenter R.J., Deter R.L., and Park S.K. Sonographic estimation of fetal weight. Radiology 150 (1984) 535-540
22. Schulman H., Fleischer A., Stern W., Farmakides G., Jagani N., and Blattner P. Umbilical velocity wave ratios in human pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 148 (1984) 985-990
23. Mari G., and Deter R.L. Middle cerebral artery flow velocity waveforms in normal and small-for-gestational-age fetuses. Am J Obstet Gynecol 166 (1992) 1262-1270
24. Rychik J., Ayres N., Cuneo B., et al. American Society of Echocardiography guidelines and standards for performance of the fetal echocardiogram. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 17 (2004) 803-810
25. Allan L.D., Joseph M.C., Boyd E.G., et al. M-mode echocardiography in the developing human fetus. Br Heart J 47 (1982) 573-583
26. Tan J., Silverman N.H., Hoffman J.I., et al. Cardiac dimensions determined by cross-sectional echocardiography in the normal human fetus from 18 weeks to term. Am J Cardiol 70 (1992) 1459-1467
27. Tsutsumi T., Ishii M., Eto G., et al. Serial evaluation for myocardial performance in fetuses and neonates using a new Doppler index. Pediatr Int 41 (1999) 722-727
28. Tei C., Ling L.H., Hodge D.O., et al. New index of combined systolic and diastolic myocardial performance: a simple and reproducible measure of cardiac function-a study in normals and dilated cardiomyopathy. J Cardiol 26 (1995) 357-366
29. Michelfelder E., Gottliebson W., Border W., et al. Early manifestations and spectrum of recipient twin cardiomyopathy in twin-twin transfusion syndrome: relation to Quintero stage. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 30 (2007) 965-971
30. Ferrazzi E., Bulfamante G., Mezzopane R., et al. Uterine Doppler velocimetry and placental hypoxic-ischaemic lesion in pregnancies with fetal intrauterine growth restriction. Placenta 20 (1999) 389-394
31. Kingdom J.C., Burrell S.J., and Kaufmann P. Pathology and clinical implications of abnormal umbilical artery Doppler waveforms. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 9 (1997) 271-286
32. Trudinger B.J., Giles W.B., Cook C.M., Bombardieri J., and Collins L. Fetal umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms and placental resistance: clinical significance. BJOG 92 (1985) 23-30
33. Matijevic R., Ward S., and Bajoria R. Non-invasive method of evaluation of trophoblast invasion of spiral arteries in monochorionic twins with discordant birthweight. Placenta 23 (2002) 93-99
34. Gaziano E., Gaziano C., and Brandt D. Doppler velocimetry determined redistribution of fetal blood flow: correlation with growth restriction in diamniotic monochorionic and dizygotic twins. Am J Obstet Gynecol 178 (1998) 1359-1367