What they didn't teach you in laser school - Part 2

Welcome back "What they didn't teach you in laser school" – now onto Part 2! This week we’re going to continue talking about all our laser tips & tricks while discussing the following:  

• Anterior placenta challenges
  • Future of steerable operative scopes
    • Current 30 degree operative Storz scope
  • Using external pressure to aid in flattening the uterus
  • Intraoperative amnioinfusion
• Intraoperative complications
  • Concurrent fetal bradycardia in both fetuses
  • What to do when the laser won’t stop firing
  • Intra-operative bleeding
• Post-operative complications
  • Bleeding
    • Placental abruption
    • Intraperitoneal bleeding
  • Amniotic fluid leakage
    • PROM (premature rupture of membranes)
    • Intraperitoneal amniotic fluid leakage