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Fetal loss after amniocentesis in a series of 5,780 procedures
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Begin, Saint-Mandé, France.
Objectives:
Counseling on prenatal diagnosis requires accurate knowledge of the associated risks, including fetal loss. The objective of our study was to assess this risk of amniocentesis in a single center with several operators.
Methods:
This retrospective analysis concerns only women with singleton pregnancies who underwent amniocentesis between 14(+0) and 23(+6) weeks' gestation.
Results:
During this 4.5-year period, 5,780 amniocenteses were performed, of which we analyzed 5,319. The rate of fetal loss was 70 in 4,858 tests (1.4%), with a lost-to-follow-up rate of 3.8%.
Conclusion:
Our results for fetal loss are comparable to those in the largest series with fewer operators already published.
