Fetal Laser Time Documentation

hugheye

For centers who do laser treatment for TTTS, what laser time do you document?

the time from initial laser fire to final laser fire, total time?
the time from initial laser fire of first vessel to final vessel, total time?
the time that the laser is actually being fired (the time documented on the machine)?
some other time?

krisrimbos

Hi Erin! Sorry for the delayed response but here’s how we do our laser times for twins procedures:
So we do:
Laser Start:______
Laser End: _______
Timed Laser: _______
Laser Engaged: _______
Timed laser is first ‘zap’ to last ‘zap’
Laser engaged time comes off the machine as a total engaged time.
Hope that helps!
Kris