You are exactly correct and that is the standard treatment. I attached the Yale posting showing that there is treatment to save both babies. The article is innaccurate & misleading.
Laser fetoscopy (selective laser photocoagulation) is the preferred method of treatment for TTTS. Yale New Haven Hospital is one of only 30 to 40 hospitals in the United States offering the procedure. Laser fetoscopy can be safely done up until 26 weeks of gestation.
With laser fetoscopy, the physician makes a small incision in the mother’s abdomen and inserts a tiny instrument equipped with a laser, which burns the unequal blood vessel connections. Excessive amniotic fluid is then drained from the area around the recipient twin using a vacuum-assisted device.
The procedure, which only takes about 15 minutes, typically requires a one-night hospital stay and is significantly better in saving one or both babies compared to amnioreduction, which involves draining large volumes of amniotic fluid in hopes of slowing down TTTS.
Thank you Dr. Galt this was very educational. Fetal surgery certainly as come a long way. So glad to know both of Mrs. Campbells babies could have been saved. Sounds like to me she just did not want twins.