TY - JOUR
T1 - Twin–twin transfusion syndrome
AU - Elliott, John P.
AU - Fisk, Nicholas M.
AU - Bajoria, Rekha
AU - Wigglesworth, Jonathan
AU - Ville, Yves
AU - Hyett, Jon
AU - Nicolaides, Kypros
PY - 1995/8/10
Y1 - 1995/8/10
N2 - To the Editor: Regarding the article by Ville et al. entitled “Preliminary Experience with Endoscopic Laser Surgery for Severe Twin–Twin Transfusion Syndrome” (Jan. 26 issue),1 the patients in that study had therapeutic amniocentesis performed at the time of laser surgery, and therefore the relative contributions of laser surgery and therapeutic amniocentesis are blurred. What is most striking about the report is the extraordinary frequency of catastrophic outcomes that appear to have been caused by the laser surgery – namely, fetal death in utero within 24 hours. This occurred in 50 percent of pregnancies (21 of 42, if 3 pregnancies in.
AB - To the Editor: Regarding the article by Ville et al. entitled “Preliminary Experience with Endoscopic Laser Surgery for Severe Twin–Twin Transfusion Syndrome” (Jan. 26 issue),1 the patients in that study had therapeutic amniocentesis performed at the time of laser surgery, and therefore the relative contributions of laser surgery and therapeutic amniocentesis are blurred. What is most striking about the report is the extraordinary frequency of catastrophic outcomes that appear to have been caused by the laser surgery – namely, fetal death in utero within 24 hours. This occurred in 50 percent of pregnancies (21 of 42, if 3 pregnancies in.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199508103330615
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199508103330615
M3 - Letter
C2 - 7609763
AN - SCOPUS:0029641404
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 333
SP - 387
EP - 389
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 6
ER -
