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Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction

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Journal of Fetal Medicine

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Multifetal pregnancy increases maternal, fetal and neonatal complications, most important being preterm delivery and complications of prematurity. Fetal reduction is a procedure for reducing the number of fetuses to a more manageable number. Reduction of triplet or higher order pregnancy is acceptable and the ending number is usually two. Fetal reduction reduces the risk of preterm delivery. Intracardiac/intrathoracic KCl is used for fetal reduction in multichorionic pregnancy. This is not a viable option in monochorionic pregnancy, where vaso-occlusive methods are used.

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  1. Division of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Vatsla Dadhwal & Kavita Khoiwal

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Dadhwal, V., Khoiwal, K. Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction. J. Fetal Med. 4, 193–198 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40556-017-0137-z

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