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Guide Wire Assisted Catheterization and Colored Dye Injection for Vascular Mapping of Monochorionic Twin Placentas
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Guide Wire Assisted Catheterization and Colored Dye Injection for Vascular Mapping of Monochorionic Twin Placentas
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09:04 min

September 05, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:37Preparation of the Placenta
  • 02:24Catheterization of the Placental Vessels
  • 04:58Injection of Colored Dye into the Placental Vessels
  • 06:20Representative Images of Monchorionic Twin Placentas after Colored Dye Injection
  • 08:40Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Vascular mapping of monochorionic (MC) twin placentas after birth provides a means for detailed demonstration of vascular connections between the twins’ circulations. Imbalance of these connections is thought to play a pivotal role in the development of complications of MC twinning including twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

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