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Clinical outcomes of multifetal pregnancy reduction in trichorionic and dichorionic triplet pregnancies: A
Yaqiong Liu1, Yan Shen2, Hong Zhang2
1Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, China; Key Laboratory of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Ministry of Health, China.
Objective:
To observe the pregnancy and perinatal outcomes of trichorionic triplet (TCT) and dichorionic triplet (DCT) pregnancies with or without multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR).
Materials And Methods:
This was a retrospective study of 732 TCT and 118 DCT pregnancies after IVF/ICSI cycles between October 1999 and May 2014 at the Reproductive & Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya. The TCT and DCT groups were subdivided into three subgroups: MFPR to single fetus group, MFPR to twins group and expectant group. Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes were compared between different subgroups.
Results:
The resulting subgroups were TCT-Expectant (n = 40), TCT to twin (n = 610), TCT to single (n = 22), DCT-Expectant (n = 17), DCT to twin (n = 50), and DCT to single (n = 22). The groups with MFPR had the better pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. Meanwhile, the significantly higher abortion rates but lower live birth and take home baby rates were found in TCT-Expectant group and DCT-Expectant group (all P < 0.05). Besides, the abortion rate of DCT-Expectant group was much higher than TCT-Expectant group (41% verse 15%, P = 0.032). As for the perinatal outcomes, retaining single fetus group showed the advantage of higher birth weight, and elder gestational age in both DCT and TCT pregnancies (all P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
For DCT and TCT pregnancies, MFPR application could reduce the miscarriage rate, while improving live birth and take home baby rates compared to the expectant groups. Especially, when reduced to a single fetus, MFPR could provide the better perinatal outcomes.
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