Description: Highlights of a fetal laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) will be shown from Tampa General Hospital
TTTS affects 10 to 15 percent of identical-twin pregnancies and is the result of abnormal blood exchange between identical twins through a common placenta. The larger of the twins, o...
Description: Conjoined twins Alex and Angel Mendoza from Phoenix, Ariz. were successfully separated after more than 12 hours in surgery, reports Dr. Debbye Turner Bell.
Description: At Hutzel Women's Hospital, Dr. Giancarlo Mari performs breakthrough in-utero surgery to save the lives of high-risk twins developing with a rare "shared" circulatory problem. ~ Detroit Medical Center
Description: After their parents were strongly urged by their local hospital to go to Children's Hospital of Michigan, Dr. Jeffrey Taub controls an aggressive cancer in 2 month old twins. ~ Detroit Medical Center
Description: A parasitic twin (also known as an asymmetrical or unequal conjoined twin) is the result of the processes that produce vanishing twins and conjoined twins, and may represent a continuum between the two. Parasitic twins occur when a twin embryo begins developing in utero, but the pair does not fully separate, and one em...
Description: This video documents the experience of one of our Mommy Makeover patients. She is 39 years old, 5’4” tall, and of average weight. Following the birth of her twins, she wanted to improve her abdominal wall contour and correct the lack of shape and firmness in her breasts.
Description: The Combitube is a twin lumen device designed for use in emergency situations and difficult airways. It can be inserted without the need for visualization into the oropharynx, and usually enters the esophagus. It has a low volume inflatable distal cuff and a much larger proximal cuff designed to occlude the oro- and na...
Description: From packing sunscreen to updating hepatitis A and B vaccines, how to reduce potential risks vacationing down south with the entire family
