Anesthesia for fetoscopic fetal surgery: twin reverse arterial perfusion sequence and twin-twin transfusions syndrome.
Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence and twin-twin transfusion syndrome can be managed by fetoscopic fetal surgery. It is important to consider the fetal, uteroplacental, and maternal issues when choosing an anesthetic technique. We report on three patients with differing anesthetic issues using fetoscopic surgery for umbilical cord coagulation.
Galinkin
J L
JL
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA. Galinkin@email.chop.edu
Gaiser
R R
RR
Cohen
D E
DE
Crombleholme
T M
TM
Johnson
M
M
Kurth
C D
CD
D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D005330:Fetofetal Transfusion / Q000601:surgery*; D005332:Fetoscopy; D006801:Humans; D010477:Perfusion; D011247:Pregnancy; D015145:Tocolysis; D014310:Triplets; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*