Abstract

To assess multifetal pregnancy reduction in Indian context. It is a retrospective descriptive study. Perinatal outcome of 92 multifetal pregnancies were retrieved from a well maintained database. Fetal reductions were carried out using standard protocol. There were 92 pregnancies referred for fetal reduction during the study period. Out of 92, twelve pregnancies (20.3%) had fetal or neonatal losses; of which complete pregnancy loss rate was 8.5% and partial pregnancy loss rate was 11.8%. Twenty one (35.6%) pregnancies had premature deliveries. The median birth weight was 2100 grams. Four babies were born alive with congenital anomalies. Our study showed the median birth weight, rates of pregnancy loss and prematurity after the fetal reduction procedure was comparable with other studies. However, it must be noted that the rate of loss to follow up was higher in our study.

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