Selective embryo reduction in a sextuplet pregnancy

Fertil Steril. 1990 Jun;53(6):1102-3. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53596-1.

Abstract

The treatment course of a 29-year-old infertile woman using hMG and TDI was the cause of a sextuplet pregnancy in which a successful embryo reduction was carried out during the first trimester. The reduction was performed twice: the first around the 9th week of pregnancy transvaginally, and the second during the 12th week by transabdominal puncture. The perinatal outcome was favorable, and the patient spontaneously delivered a healthy infant on the 39th week of pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insemination, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / adverse effects*
  • Menotropins / adverse effects
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Multiple*

Substances

  • Menotropins