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Expectant management of advanced abdominal pregnancies: Is it justifiable?
S Ramphal1, O P Khaliq2, T Abel3
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Objective:
To evaluate the outcome of a case series of women with advanced abdominal pregnancies (AAP) who underwent expectant management.
Study Design:
A retrospective study that utilized prospective data of 46 women who were admitted for expectant management at a tertiary hospital in Durban, South Africa. All data was analyzed descriptively and presented in percentages.
Results:
The average period of expectant management was 27 days; thirty-three (72 %) of the 46 women were discharged from the hospital with live babies. There were 11 (24 %) neonatal deaths and two cases of stillbirths. There were no maternal deaths and morbidity was minimal.
Conclusion:
When diagnosed after the 24th week of gestation, an option is expectant management which includes careful patient selection, prolonged hospitalization, and close antenatal fetal and maternal surveillance to achieve fetal viability. Management by experienced clinicians and a multidisciplinary team in a tertiary institution is recommended. Informed consent needs to take into consideration the risks with interventional laparotomy, social separation from family and friends, and the guarded perinatal outcome.
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