Fetal hydrolaparoscopy and endoscopic cystotomy in complicated cases of lower urinary tract obstruction

Article Abstract:

Doctors describe the prenatal treatment of two fetuses with an obstructed urinary tract. The technique they describe should only be used if conventional surgical techniques fail.

Surgery, Fetal diseases, Urinary organs, Urologic diseases

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Selective photocoagulation of communicating vessels in the treatment of monochorionic twins with selective growth retardation

Article Abstract:

Using a laser to destroy blood vessels between twin fetuses can spare the life of one fetus when the other one has intrauterine growth retardation. If the smaller twin dies, it can adversely affect the bigger twin by taking its blood supply.

Fetus, Fetal growth retardation, Lasers in surgery, Laser surgery

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Stage-based treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Article Abstract:

Laser photocoagulation may be more effective than amniocentesis in treating twin-twin transfusion syndrome, especially in the third trimester of pregnancy. This was the conclusion of a study of 173 women pregnant with twins whose babies were affected by this condition. Twin-twin transfusion syndrome occurs when a blood vessel malformation allows one twin to receive more blood at the expense of the other twin.

Amniocentesis, Laser coagulation, Laser photocoagulation

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