2020
Post-Laser Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcome in an International Cohort of 164 Cases
Tollenaar LSA, Lopriore E, Faiola S, Lanna M, Stirnemann J, Ville Y, Lewi L, Devlieger R, Weingertner AS, Favre R, Hobson SR, Ryan G, Rodo C, Arévalo S, Klaritsch P, Greimel P, Hecher K, de Sousa MT, Khalil A, Thilaganathan B, Bergh EP, Papanna R, Gardener GJ, Carlin A, Bevilacqua E, Sakalo VA, Kostyukov KV, Bahtiyar MO, Wilpers A, Kilby MD, Tiblad E, Oepkes D, Middeldorp JM, Haak MC, Klumper FJCM, Akkermans J, Slaghekke F. Post-Laser Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcome in an International Cohort of 164 Cases. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2020, 9: 1759. PMID: 32517071, PMCID: PMC7355738, DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTwin anemia-polycythemia sequenceSevere neonatal morbidityPost-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequenceNeonatal morbidityGestational agePerinatal mortalityPartial exchange transfusionIndependent risk factorMedian gestational agePerinatal mortality rateRisk factor analysisTermination of pregnancyDonor twinExpectant managementInitial surgeryIntrauterine transfusionPerinatal outcomesAntenatal managementSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeExchange transfusionOptimal treatmentRisk factorsMedian numberInternational cohort
2018
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