Dergiler / GORM:Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine / 1998 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1

Tek fetusu ölmüş ikiz gebeliklerin sonucu: Canlı ikiz gebelikler ile karşılaştırılması

Outcome of twin pregnancy with single fetal death: A comparison with viable twin pregnancies

İdris KOÇAK, Filiz YANIK, Ahmet CANBAZ, Cazip ÜSTÜN, Arif KÖKÇÜ

Sayfa
21–23
DOI
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Özet

OBJECTIVE: To study the perinatal and maternal outcomes in the death of one fetus in a twin pregnancy. METHODS: this was a retrospective, observational study. Comparison was made to viable twin pregnancy. RESULTS: Of a total 840 live deliveries, 64 were documented as twin births at a gestation of greater that 18 week twin pregnancy with single fetal death were observe. Of the 12 twin pregnancies in which a fetal death occurred, postmortem examination showed severe six (%50) torsion of the umbilical cord. There was an increase in the incidence of congenital structural abnormalities among those twin pregnancies (p

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To study the perinatal and maternal outcomes in the death of one fetus in a twin pregnancy. METHODS: this was a retrospective, observational study. Comparison was made to viable twin pregnancy. RESULTS: Of a total 840 live deliveries, 64 were documented as twin births at a gestation of greater that 18 week twin pregnancy with single fetal death were observe. Of the 12 twin pregnancies in which a fetal death occurred, postmortem examination showed severe six (%50) torsion of the umbilical cord. There was an increase in the incidence of congenital structural abnormalities among those twin pregnancies (p