Beninati publishes study in Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Michael Beninati, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, co-authored a new study in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. Co-authors include Michael A. Stellon, Devashish S. Joshi, Kathleen M. Antony, Justin Bohrer, J. Louis Hinshaw, Eric Monroe, Casey Winchester, and Inna Lobeck.
In “Management of twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence with microwave ablation: A case report and review of the literature,” Beninati and co-authors evaluated a pregnancy with TRAP. The team used percutaneous ultrasound-guided MWA to get into the acardiac mass twin, and noticed a decrease in its size afterwards, as well as improved left ventricular function for the pump twin. They were able to successfully deliver the pump twin through induced vaginal delivery.
“Our approach is novel because we traversed the thorax of the acardiac mass and ablated the confluence of the umbilical artery and vein without puncture of either vessel under ultrasound guidance. This mitigated the risk of post-procedural bleeding that has been implicated in post-ablation fetal demise of the pump twin.”
You can read the full article here.
**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson