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Pregnancy following renal transplantation: the experience in Hong Kong
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Tokyo, Japan)
|June 1, 1995
Abstract
Objective:
To assess the outcome of pregnancies occurring after renal transplantation, and to review the factors conductive to a favourable outcome.
Method:
A retrospective review of 8 pregnancies occurring after renal transplantation from 1988 to 1992 in a tertiary referral centre in Hong Kong.
Result:
A very high successful pregnancy rate was achieved with minimal maternal and perinatal morbidity in the cases reviewed.
Conclusion:
Good prepregnancy counselling and stringent criteria for pregnancy assessment appears to be crucial factors for a favourable pregnancy outcome.