When should twins be delivered?

The aim of obstetric intervention is to improve the outcome for mothers and their offspring. Whilst parents and care-providers usually focus predominantly on short-term outcome, long-term outcome is, arguably, more important. We believe that, provided a baby survives, prevention of sequelae in the long term should take precedence over that of short-term morbidity. Parents and care-providers would probably be prepared to accept short-term health problems as long as the outcome is good in the long term...