Gestación gemelar con feto muerto intraútero en el segundo trimestre

Abstract

Nowadays, twin gestation is increased due to advances in assisted reproduction. Unquestionably, these pregnancies have an increased risk of foetal and maternal disorders. Single foetal death has a different incidence depending on gestational age; in the first trimester between 10-70%, in the second and third trimester it is a rare event, 0.5-7%.Early death of one twin does not have any adverse effect before 16 weeks into the pregnancy, however. In the second half of gestation the morbidity and mortality of a single foetal are increased and maternal blood disorders are more common.Because of the rarity of later foetal death in twin pregnancy, we show three cases of this event that have occurred in our hospital in 2006 which were treated with conservative management.