Direct visual control on cord coagulation using a fetoscopy-guided bipolar forceps. Description of a new technique

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-158

  Yamamoto, Masami ^a,b,c   Barki, Gerard ^b,d   Ville, Yves ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b Bâtiment Sèvre Porte S1 ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d Karl Storz GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar diathermy; Cord coagulation; Fetoscopy; Monochorionic twin; Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

AMNIOSCOPE; ANALGESIA; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIATHERMY; FETOSCOPY; FORCEPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OCCLUSION; OPERATION DURATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETOSCOPES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 75649088537     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2419     Document Type: Article

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