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MULTIFETAL GESTATION- INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Research (Vol.8, No. 4)

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Page : 1177-1180

Keywords : Twins Multifetal Pregnancy Multiple Pregnancy Plural Birth;

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Abstract

Background: Advances in reproductive technology has increased the frequency of twinning. Various factors influencing the incidence of multifetal gestation were studied and incidence was determined. Materialand Methods: A Prospective observational study was conducted on all antenatal women admitted and delivered with multifetal gestation during 12 months duration at Atal Bihari Vajpayee government medical college, Vidisha. All these women were evaluated on the basis of a predesigned performa. Result: During the study period total number of deliveries were 6011 and 56 cases with multifetal gestation. Incidence of twins was 0.91% and triplets was 0.017%. There was 1 conjoint twin delivery. Conclusion: With continuous increase in multifetal pregnancies owing to Artificial Reproductive Therapy current database is necessary to analyse the change in trend.

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