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Endoscopic Placental Laser Coagulation in Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins with Type II Selective Fetal Growth
Gergana Peeva1, Sarah Bower, Laszlo Orosz
1Harris Birthright Research Centre of Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Objective:
To determine predictors of survival in monochorionic diamniotic twins with selective fetal growth restriction type II (sFGR-II), with or without twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), treated by endoscopic placental laser coagulation.
Methods:
Laser surgery was performed at 20 (15-27) weeks' gestation in 405 cases of sFGR-II with and 142 without coexisting TTTS. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine significant predictors of survival to discharge from hospital.
Results:
There was survival of the small twin in 216 (39.5%) and of the large twin in 379 (69.3%) cases. Significant predictors of survival of both the small and larger twin were ductus venosus Doppler findings in the small twin, gestational age at laser and cervical length, but not the presence of TTTS or Doppler findings in the large twin.
Conclusions:
In sFGR-II, survival after laser surgery is primarily dependent on the condition of the small twin.
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