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B-type natriuretic peptide levels are correlated with birth-weight discordance in monochorionic-diamniotic twins without twin–twin transfusion syndrome

'Reduced' twin pregnancy outcomes comparable to nonreduced

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In fertility clinic patients, outcomes are similar in triplet pregnancies reduced to twins and in nonreduced twin pregnancies, Israeli researchers say.

Congenital heart defects in a large, unselected cohort of monochorionic twins

Progesterone Shots Not Found To Reduce Preterm Delivery In Twin Pregnancies

In a study to be presented on February 14 between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 33rd annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, researchers will report findings...

Study shows progesterone shots do not reduce preterm delivery in twin pregnancies

In a study to be presented on February 14 between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 33rd annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, researchers will report findings...

Twin Screw Pumps

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Study: 17P not effective in preventing preterm birth among women with twin pregnancies

In a study to be presented on February 14 between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 33rd annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting -, researchers will report findings th...

Fetoscopic laser surgery not linked to cerebral injury in twin-twin transfusion syndrome

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fetoscopic laser surgery for twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) does not appear to increase the rate of severe cerebral injury, according to a new study.

Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome and Twin Anemia-Polycythemia Sequence in a Monochorionic Triamniotic Pregnancy.

Twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is an antenatal complication of monochorionic multiple gestations. There have been few studies exploring the role of laser photocoagulation or outcomes following...

Radiofrequency ablation as a minimally invasive procedure in the treatment of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence in twin pregnancy.

Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence is a rare anomaly of monochorionic multiple pregnancies affecting 1 of 35,000 pregnancies and 1% of monochorionic twin pregnancies. In this condition the affe...

Monozygotic twins discordant for trisomy 13: counselling and management issues.

The diagnosis and management of a heterokaryotypic monochorionic pregnancy, in which one of twins had trisomy 13, is presented. Monozygosity and discordant karyotypes were confirmed by amniocentesis o...

Monochorionic twin pregnancy: screening, pathogenesis of complications and management in the era of microinvasive fetal surgery.

Abstract Objective: The management of monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies varies in different medical centers. This paper compares screening methods to predict the complications of the MC twin pregnan...

Specific complications of monochorionic twin pregnancies: twin-twin transfusion syndrome and twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence.

Monochorionic twins are subjected to specific complications which originate in either imbalance or abnormality of the single placenta serving two twins. This unequal placental sharing can cause compli...