Premium
OP07.08: Social media as a resource for monochorionic‐diamniotic (MCDA) twin pregnancies
Author(s) -
Datkhaeva I.,
Paek B.,
Walker M.,
Rao R.,
Scibetta E.,
Afshar Y.,
Wong T.,
Platt L.D.,
Han C.S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.19450
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , demographics , social media , pregnancy , descriptive statistics , obstetrics , demography , statistics , mathematics , sociology , biology , political science , law , genetics
confounding factors, we compared the neonatal ultrasonographic findings of paired twins born from a single mother. Methods: This retrospective cohort study consisted of preterm twin birth (≤35weeks) at Seoul National University Hospital from Sep. 2000 to Mar. 2018 and met the following criteria: 1) one of twin pairs was delivered by VED and the other delivered without vacuum extraction (non-VED); 2) neonatal brain ultrasound was performed in both twins after delivery. The results of ultrasound were compared by McNemar test between twins. Results: During the study period, 3418 twin pairs were delivered, including 687 cases with preterm delivery (≤35 weeks). Among them, 50 pairs were delivered with VED in one twin and non-VED in co-twin. After excluding 6 cases that had no brain ultrasound, the remaining 44 cases were included in the final analysis. Vacuum extraction delivery didn’t increase the risk of brain lesion identified by ultrasound (table). Conclusions: Vacuum extraction delivery can be applied in preterm fetuses because it did not increase the risk of neonatal brain complications in preterm fetuses. However, further large study is required for general acceptance.