First trimester selective reduction in multiple pregnancy guided by transvaginal sonography

✍ Scribed by Dr. Joseph Itskovitz; Rafael Boldes; Israel Thaler; Jacob Levron; Shraga Rottem; Joseph M. Brandes

• Book ID: 102331608
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 473 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870180417

✦ Synopsis

Transvaginal ultrasonography-guided fetal reduction was performed in 11 patients presenting with multiple pregnancies. Embryonic aspiration was carried out in 7 women at 7 to 8 weeks and in 4 patients fetal intrathoracic injection was performed at 9 to 11 weeks, menstrual age. Seven patients delivered healthy babies at >35 weeks, 3 have delivered prematurely 15 to 17 weeks after the procedure with subsequent neonatal death of all sets of twins. We believe that our method overcomes the technical difficulties related to the transabdominal or transcervical approach and should be the method of choice for early selective abortion.