'A problem shared is a problem halved': Success of a statewide collaborative approach to fetal therapy. Outcomes of fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for twin-twin transfusion syndrome in Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-113

  Teoh, Mark ^a   Walker, Sue ^b   Cole, Stephen ^c   Edwards, Andrew ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

collaboration; fetoscopic laser photocoagulation; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERFORMANCE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84876228740     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12062     Document Type: Article

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