Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome neurodevelopmental follow-up study (neurodevelopmental outcomes for children whose twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome was treated with placental laser photocoagulation)

• Main Authors: Christie Bolch (Author), Michael Fahey (Author), Dinah Reddihough (Author), Katrina Williams (Author), Susan Reid (Author), Angela Guzys (Author), Stephen Cole (Author), Andrew Edwards (Author), Alison Fung (Author), Ryan Hodges (Author), Ricardo Palma-Dias (Author), Mark Teoh (Author), Susan Walker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a serious complication of 10-15% of twin or triplet pregnancies in which multiple fetuses share a single placenta. Communicating placental vessels allow one fetus (the donor) to pump blood to the other (the recipient). Mortality rates w...