Fetal Reduction Could Improve but Not Completely Reverse the Pregnancy Outcomes of Multiple Pregnancies: Experience From a Single Center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effectiveness and limitations of multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) on the improvement of pregnancy outcomes of triplet or twin pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Methods

We performed a cohort study of women undergoing IVF or ICSI from 2002-2016 in reproductive center, women's hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The cohort included 502 women who underwent MFPR and 9641 non-reduced women. Pregnancy outcomes were gestational age (GA) at delivery, pregnancy loss, preterm delivery, low birth weight (LBW), very low birth weight (VLBW), and small for gestational age (SGA). Multiple linear regression and logistic regression models were used to compare pregnancy outcom

SUBMITTER: Yimin Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263074 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature