Survival after laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: when are they out of the woods?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-70

  Muratore, Christopher S ^a   Carr, Stephen R ^a   Lewi, Liesbeth ^b   Delieger, Roland ^b   Carpenter, Marshall ^a   Jani, Jacques ^b   Deprest, Jan A ^b   Luks, Francois I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actuarial risk; Fetoscopic laser ablation; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC LASER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 58149502993     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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