ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2005
Monochorionic diamniotic infants without twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
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- Outcomes following selective fetoscopic laser ablation for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: a single-centre experience.Singapore medical journal · 2020Article
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- Deep-learned placental vessel segmentation for intraoperative video enhancement in fetoscopic surgery.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2019Article
- Building an Asymmetrical Brain: The Molecular Perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Review
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- A Continuum Robot and Control Interface for Surgical Assist in Fetoscopic Interventions.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2017Article
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- Effect of maternal chronic disease on obstetric complications in twin pregnancies in a United States cohort.Fertility and sterility · 2013Article
- B-type natriuretic peptide levels are correlated with birth-weight discordance in monochorionic-diamniotic twins without twin-twin transfusion syndrome.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMonochorionic-diamniotic twins (MoDi) occur in 0.3% of all pregnancies. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTS) that occurs in 20% of MoDi pregnancies is associated with high perinatal morbidity and mortality. MoDi twins without TTS are more frequent (80%) but have been scarcely reported.
objectiveTo study perinatal morbidity and mortality of 74 MoDi twin sets without TTS and to compare it to that of 38 sets of MoDi twins with TTS.
methodsChorionicity was determined by gender and placental examination. Gestational age (GA) was set by sonography and pediatric examination. TTS was diagnosed clinically and by sonography, discordance was defined by twins birth weight difference > or =20%, and fetal growth restriction was determined by using a twin-specific nomogram.
resultsMoDi twin pregnancies without and with TTS were similar in demographics, live births, history of preeclampsia, fetal distress and cesarean delivery. They were different (p<0.01) in discordant pregnancies (36 and 79%), GA at delivery (32 and 29 weeks) intrauterine growth restriction (39 and 89%) and neonatal mortality (12 and 36%). Concordant (47 sets) and discordant (27 sets) MoDi twins without TTS were clinically similar.
conclusionsMoDi twins without TTS have high rates of birth weight discordance, fetal growth restriction, fetal distress, prematurity and cesarean delivery. Although their perinatal mortality is low, the reported occurrence and the short- and long-term impacts of fetal and neonatal morbidities warrants attention.
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