twin2twin have been notified of the following hospitals offering treatment for TTTS. If you know of additional hospitals not listed here, please let us know by email
| Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital
Fetal Medicine Unit, Gold Hawk Road, London W6 Tel: 0181 748 4666 The Unit at Queen Charlotte's has a great deal of experience and carry out some very important research. Their preferred treatment is serial amnioreduction. Professor Nicholas Fisk is a leading and much respected authority on the syndrome and has written many papers on the subject. |
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St. George's Hospital, Fetal Medicine Unit, London Fetal Medicine Unit, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT Tel: 0181 672 1255, Fax: 0181 672 5304 The Fetal Medicine Unit at St. George's has been using Laser Fetoscopy as the preferred method of treatment under the diretion of Dr. Yves Ville - one of Europe's leading experts. Dr. Ville has now moved to the University Hospital of Poissy, France. |
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University College London DEPT OB GYN (University College London), 86-96 CHENIES MEWS, LONDON WCIE 6HX, UK TEL: 0171 2096053 ext. 6057, FAX: 0171 383 7429 Conatct: Dr. Eric Jauniaux, Reader in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr. Jauniaux and colleagues use serial aggressive amnioreduction to treat TTTS and have recently published a paper on the new method of thermocoagulation of vessels as an alternative to laser in extremely severe cases of TTTS. From December 1998 a new Twin Clinic will start for local and referral patients. |
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The Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine Kings College School of Medicine, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX Tel: 0171 924 0894, Fax: 0171 738 3740 The TTTS unit at Kings have carried out pioneering amnioreduction and laser treatment. Professor Kypros Nicolaides is a leading authority on the syndrome and has written many papers on the subject, particularly with regard to the use of laser treatment. |
To Be Updated:
St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children, Manchester
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral
Birmingham Women's Hospital
Queen Mother's Hospital, Glasgow
Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, Fetal Medicine Centre
Southampton General Hospital, Fetal Medicine Unit
St. Mary's Hospital. Portsmouth
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
University Hospital in Wales, Cardiff
St. Michael's Hospital, Bristol
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