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ArticleTitle Characteristics of monochorionic-diamniotic growth-retarded twins during the third trimester

AuthorList Shunji Suzuki¹⁾ , Sayaka Okudaira¹⁾ , Rintaro Sawa¹⁾ , Yoshio Yoneyama¹⁾ , Hirobumi Asakura¹⁾ , Sumio Shin²⁾ , Kazuhiko Kaneko²⁾ and Tsutomu Araki¹⁾

Affiliation ¹⁾ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School²⁾ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Katsushika Red Cross Maternity Hospital

Language EN

Volume 66

Issue 5

Year 1999

Page 300-304

Received June 28, 1999

Accepted August 9, 1999

Keywords growth retardation, monochorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy, twin-twin transfusion syndrome, growth pattern, polyhydramnios

Abstract The goal of this study was to assess the characteristics of monochorionic-diamniotic (MD) growth-retarded twin infants with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) compared with those without TTTS during the third trimester. Retrospective analyses of the growth patterns and amniotic fluid volumes were performed on 5 MD twin pregnancies in which one or both twins showed growth retardation with TTTS, and the results weve compared with those without TTTS. Eighty-three percent of growth-retarded twin infants without TTTS in MD twin gestation showed an asymmetric growth pattern, while all TTTS cases showed a symmetric pattern (p < 0.05). Polyhydramnios of the co-twin was found in 80%of TTTS cases, while no polyhydramnios was found in patients without TTTS (p < 0.05). Assessment of growth patterns and amniotic fluid volume may be useful to exclude the possibility of TTTS in MD growth-retarded twin pregnancies during the third trimester.

Correspondence to Shunji Suzuki, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan

ArticleTitle	Characteristics of monochorionic-diamniotic growth-retarded twins during the third trimester
AuthorList	Shunji Suzuki¹⁾ , Sayaka Okudaira¹⁾ , Rintaro Sawa¹⁾ , Yoshio Yoneyama¹⁾ , Hirobumi Asakura¹⁾ , Sumio Shin²⁾ , Kazuhiko Kaneko²⁾ and Tsutomu Araki¹⁾
Affiliation	¹⁾ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School²⁾ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Katsushika Red Cross Maternity Hospital
Language	EN
Volume	66
Issue	5
Year	1999
Page	300-304
Received	June 28, 1999
Accepted	August 9, 1999
Keywords	growth retardation, monochorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy, twin-twin transfusion syndrome, growth pattern, polyhydramnios
Abstract	The goal of this study was to assess the characteristics of monochorionic-diamniotic (MD) growth-retarded twin infants with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) compared with those without TTTS during the third trimester. Retrospective analyses of the growth patterns and amniotic fluid volumes were performed on 5 MD twin pregnancies in which one or both twins showed growth retardation with TTTS, and the results weve compared with those without TTTS. Eighty-three percent of growth-retarded twin infants without TTTS in MD twin gestation showed an asymmetric growth pattern, while all TTTS cases showed a symmetric pattern (p < 0.05). Polyhydramnios of the co-twin was found in 80%of TTTS cases, while no polyhydramnios was found in patients without TTTS (p < 0.05). Assessment of growth patterns and amniotic fluid volume may be useful to exclude the possibility of TTTS in MD growth-retarded twin pregnancies during the third trimester.
Correspondence to	Shunji Suzuki, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan