Maternal complications of fetoscopic laser photocoagulation (FLP) for treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-443

  Merz, Waltraut ^a   Tchatcheva, Kristina ^a   Gembruch, Ulrich ^a   Kohl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetoscopy; laser; literature review; maternal complications; monochorionic pregnancy; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DATA BASE; ECLAMPSIA; FETOSCOPIC LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LASER COAGULATION; LUNG EDEMA; OLIGURIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN EDEMA; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 77954615438     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.061     Document Type: Article

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