Successful treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome by occlusion of placental vessel anastomoses using enbucrilate.

Fetoscopic Laser Photocoagulation for the Treatment of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies

Fetoscopic laser surgery for severe twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) has become the optimal treatment choice since the release of the Eurofetus randomized clinical trial. These techniques have been adopted throughout the globe, and many institutions have instituted or will soon institute fetoscopic laser surgery procedures; however, laser surgery has a steep learning curve because of the f...

Residual anastomoses after fetoscopic laser surgery in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: frequency, associated risks and outcome.

Fetoscopic laser coagulation of placental vascular anastomoses is considered to be the treatment of choice in severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. The aim of fetoscopic laser surgery is to separate completely the inter-twin placental circulation. Incomplete laser coagulation may result in residual vascular anastomoses. The incidence and clinical implications of residual anastomoses in twin...

The Treatments of Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies by the Fetoscopic Laser Photocoagulation

Fetoscopic laser surgery for severe Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) has been conducted since early 1990s in United States and Europe. After the conclusion of Eurofetus in the randomized clinical trial [1], fetoscopic laser surgery has become the standard and optimal treatment for the TTTS condition. Recently, the techniques have been implemented throughout the globe; many institutions hav...

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: from placental anastomoses to long-term neurodevelopmental outcome

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY Modeling a hydropic recipient twin in twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Wijngaard, Jeroen P. H. M. van den, Asli Umur, Raymond T. Krediet, Michael G. Ross, and Martin J. C. van Gemert. Modeling a hydropic recipient twin in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 288: R799–R814, 2005. First published November 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00635.2004.— We developed a mathematical model of twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) that inclu...