Abstract | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Despite the recent demonstration of the benefit of the primary laser over amnioreduction, overall survival is far from optimal (70-80%), and therefore diagnosis and management of early and late complications following placental surgery became of great importance. RECENT FINDINGS: SUMMARY: Optimization of laser treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and new insight into the follow-up are likely to become the key to a better prognosis, and they are therefore important issues that have to be addressed in forthcoming studies.
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Authors | Masami Yamamoto, Yves Ville |
Journal | Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology
(Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol)
Vol. 18
Issue 2
Pg. 87-92
(Apr 2006)
ISSN: 1473-656X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 16601466
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Female
- Fetofetal Transfusion
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Humans
- Laser Coagulation
(adverse effects, methods)
- Pregnancy
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Twins
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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