Salvage surgery of the limb with severe pseudoamniotic band syndrome: Case report and literature review
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie, vol.46, no.2, pp.121-124, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 46 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0033-1358452
- Journal Name: Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.121-124
- Keywords: Ppseudoamniotic band syndrome, salvage surgery, TTTS
- Istanbul Gelisim University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Pseudoamniotic band syndrome is a rare iatrogenic complication of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated with foetoscopic procedures. We report a severe pseudoamniotic band syndrome in the recipient monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome following a selective foeticide procedure. A male newborn with a severe circumferential amniotic band in the left leg was treated by single-stage excision of the ring and arterio-venous decompression. No complications were encountered. A microsurgical approach to improve the circulation together with ring excision may be useful in some cases. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.