In utero Partial Exchange Transfusion Combined with in utero Blood Transfusion for Prenatal Management of Twin Anemia-Polycythemia Sequence
Bahtiyar MO, Ekmekci E, Demirel E, Irani RA, Copel JA. In utero Partial Exchange Transfusion Combined with in utero Blood Transfusion for Prenatal Management of Twin Anemia-Polycythemia Sequence. Fetal Diagnosis And Therapy 2018, 45: 28-35. PMID: 29533957, DOI: 10.1159/000486198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTwin anemia-polycythemia sequencePlacental vascular connectionsBlood transfusionTwin-twin transfusion syndromePartial exchange transfusionMonochorionic twin pregnanciesVascular connectionsFetoscopic laser photocoagulationLimited outcome dataAbsence of polyhydramniosAnemic twinPlacental territoryTAPS casesDonor twinRecipient twinPlacental sharingTransfusion syndromeChronic anemiaTwin pregnanciesDangerous complicationExchange transfusionPlacental vesselsUnique complicationsLaser photocoagulationPrenatal treatment