[
    {
        "id": "osp-1493",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Perinatal Outcome of Monochorionic in Comparison to Dichorionic Twin Pregnancies",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al Riyami",
                "given": "Nihal"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Rusheidi",
                "given": "Asmaa"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Khabori",
                "given": "Murtadha"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Dughaishi",
                "given": "Tamima"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/perinatal-outcome-of-monochorionic-in-comparison-to-dichorionic-twin-pregnancies",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2013
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2013.49",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "The aim of this study is to compare the neonatal outcomes of monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies. A retrospective cohort study involving 51 twin pregnancies followed and delivered at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital was conducted between January 2006 and December 2011. Thirty six (71%) pregnancies were dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA), 14 (27%) were monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA), and one (2%) was monochorionic monoamniotic (MCMA). The antepartum complications noted in the 15 monochorionic twins were discordant fetal growth in 2 (14%) cases, low birth weight in 11 (73%) babies, pre-eclampsia in three mothers (21%) and twin to twin transfusion syndrome in four (29%) cases. Fetal respiratory distress affected eight (57%) of the pregnancies. Six (40%) twin sets were delivered before 30 weeks, 4 (27%) sets at 31 to 32 weeks, 2 (13%) sets at 34-35 weeks, 2 (13%) sets at 36-37 weeks, and 1 (7%) at 37-38 weeks. Fifteen mothers delivered 16 live infants, 9 (30%) stillbirths and 5 (17%) died after birth. Most neonatal deaths were due to neonatal sepsis and pulmonary hypoplasia. Dichorioinic twins, (DC) morbidity was seen in 11% and 40% for monochoroinic twins (MC). Mortality rate was 17% for DC and 47% for MC twins."
    }
]