OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review of the literature regarding the occurrence of @entity16 , @entity16 , or @entity16 and impairment of @entity1 treated with laser therapy for @entity14244 . DATA SOURCES: The PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE databases and reference lists were searched up to December 2010 for studies describing outcomes in laser-treated @entity14244 pregnancies. METHODS FOR STUDY SELECTION: Inclusion criteria were @entity14244 diagnosed with standard criteria and treated by laser therapy and @entity16 and @entity16 collected at birth or 28 days after birth. Exclusion criteria were omission of at least one criterion; data in graphs or percentage; and non-English publications, letters, personal communications. TABULATION, INTEGRATION AND RESULTS: Data recorded were rates and length of successful follow-up, age at diagnosis and type of @entity16 , affected donors and recipients, prevalence of @entity16 , and @entity16 for twin sets. From 15 articles, the incidence of @entity16 at birth was 55 out of 895 (6.1%), without differences between donors and recipients (19/249, 7.6% compared with 16/273, 5.8%; odds ratio [OR] 1.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.68-2.70). At follow-up, the incidence of @entity16 was 140 out of 1,255 (11.1%), with @entity306 the most frequent (60/151, 39.7%). @entity16 was identified equally between donors and recipients (48/330, 14.5% compared with 54/364, 14.8%; OR 1.02; 95% CI 0.66-1.57), and between one survivor and two survivors for twin sets (24/139, 17.3% compared with 88/489, 18.0%; OR 0.67; 95% CI 0.18-2.49). CONCLUSION: A small number (11.1%) of cases of @entity14244 treated with laser therapy are affected with @entity16 that manifests during infancy. A strict follow-up of apparently healthy neonates is warranted.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes after laser therapy for XXXX : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurologic morbidity', 'neurologic impairment', 'Neurologic impairment'] @entity14244 :: ('MESH:D005330', 'Disease') :: ['twin-twin transfusion syndrome'] @entity306 :: ('MESH:D002547', 'Disease') :: ['cerebral palsy']
@entity14244 :: (MESH:D005330,Disease) :: ['twin-twin transfusion syndrome']
