The pediatric surgeons' contribution to in utero treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-461

  Luks, François I ^a,b   Carr, Stephen R ^a   Muratore, Christopher S ^a   O'Brien, Barbara M ^a   Tracy Jr , Thomas F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Paediatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RISK; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC LASER ABLATION OF PLACENTAL VESSEL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCAR; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70249096704     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b45794     Document Type: Article

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