Cerebral injury and neurodevelopmental impairment after amnioreduction versus laser surgery in twin-twin transfusion syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-89

  Van Klink, Jeanine M M ^a   Koopman, Hendrik M ^a   Van Zwet, Erik W ^a   Oepkes, Dick ^a   Walther, Frans J ^a   Lopriore, Enrico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amnioreduction; Cerebral injury; Fetoscopic laser surgery; Monochorionic twins; Neurodevelopment; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIOREDUCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; LEUKOMALACIA; LONG TERM CARE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875215791     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341814     Document Type: Review

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