Open AccessComparative analysis of perinatal outcome of spontaneous pregnancy reduction and multifetal pregnancy reduction in triplet pregnancies conceived after assisted reproductive technique
Author(s) -
Shilpa Bhandari,
Ishita Ganguly,
Pallavi Agrawal,
Shweta Bhandari,
Aparna Singh,
Nitika Gupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/0974-1208.192058
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics , gestation , odds ratio , fetus , pregnancy , abortion , gestational age , confidence interval , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , birth weight , live birth , surgery , biology , genetics , physics , optics
With the advent of assisted reproductive treatment options, the incidence of multiple pregnancies has increased. Although the need for elective single embryo transfer is emphasized time and again, its uniform applicability in practice is yet a distant goal. In view of the fact that triplet and higher order pregnancies are associated with significant fetomaternal complications, the fetal reduction is a commonly used option in such cases. This retrospective study aims to compare the perinatal outcome in patients with triplet gestation who have undergone spontaneous fetal reduction (SFR) as against those in whom multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) was done.