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Genetic amniocentesis following multifetal pregnancy reduction to twins: assessing the risk
1Southern California Perinatal Center, Northridge Hospital Medical Center, California, USA.
Fifty-three patients who elected to reduce their pregnancies to a twin gestation in our centre are known to have subsequently undergone genetic amniocentesis. Five of these patients lost entire pregnancy following the genetic amniocentesis procedure. This is equivalent to a 9.4 per cent pregnancy loss rate for reduced twin gestations in comparison with an expected loss rate of 2 per cent for non-reduced twin gestations.
Fifty-three patients who elected to reduce their pregnancies to a twin gestation in our centre are known to have subsequently undergone genetic amniocentesis. Five of these patients lost entire pregnancy following the genetic amniocentesis procedure. This is equivalent to a 9.4 per cent pregnancy loss rate for reduced twin gestations in comparison with an expected loss rate of 2 per cent for non-reduced twin gestations.