Texas Children's Fetal Center Performs 200th Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Laser ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Texas Children's Fetal Center Performs 200th Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Laser ...
PR Newswire (press release)
30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As one of the leading medical centers in the US diagnosing and treating twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), ...

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Medical fund set up to help with pregnancy problem - Statesman Journal

Medical fund set up to help with pregnancy problem
Statesman Journal
Chuck and Jennifer Funrue were expecting twins, but Jennifer Funrue developed twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome during the pregnancy, said family friend and ...

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Texas Children's Fetal Center Completes 200th TTTS Laser Ablation Procedure - AZoOptics.com (press release)

Texas Children's Fetal Center Completes 200th TTTS Laser Ablation Procedure
AZoOptics.com (press release)
Texas Children's Fetal Center, a leading medical facility in the US, has successfully performed its 200th twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) laser ...

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Medical Minute 8-27: Laser Surgery Saves Twins - WCTV

Medical Minute 8-27: Laser Surgery Saves Twins
WCTV
It's called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome -- or TTTS. The fetal heart muscles start to thicken, and valves begin to leak. "They actually can go into ...

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'Miracle' twin from Kingstanding on her first birthday - Birmingham Mail

'Miracle' twin from Kingstanding on her first birthday
Birmingham Mail
In the womb they suffered from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a disease of the placenta that can affect identical twins. Even after they were born, ...

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Identical twins! Again? Local couple with twin boys planning for identical ... - Savage Pacer

Identical twins! Again? Local couple with twin boys planning for identical ...
Savage Pacer
The growing boys were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome – when one twin is getting more nutrients and blood flow than the other. ...

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Maddi a little miracle - Milton Ulladulla Times

Maddi a little miracle
Milton Ulladulla Times
It involves blood from one twin (the donor) being transfused into the other twin (the recipient) via blood vessels in their common placenta. ...

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Next's Woman of the Year announced - TVNZ

Next's Woman of the Year announced
TVNZ
... in high risk pregnancies at Auckland Hospital and helped develop the first service in New Zealand to treat twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. ...

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This Day In History

Roman Empire: came to an end — or at least the Western part did — when emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed (457)

Quote of the day

"Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it."

by Monica Seles