ArticlePrenatal diagnosis2014
Fetal diagnostic indications for second and third trimester outpatient pregnancy termination.
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- Termination of pregnancy for medical indications: A 14-year analysis from a tertiary referral center.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Observational
- Neurodevelopmental outcome of children born with an isolated atretic cephalocele.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Fetal Brain Biometric Measurements on 3D Super-Resolution Reconstructed T2-Weighted MRI: An Intra- and Inter-observer Agreement Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Perinatal post-mortem ultrasound (PMUS): radiological-pathological correlation.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- Exome Sequencing in Fetuses with Structural Malformations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the frequency of diagnostic indications among women seeking to terminate pregnancies for reasons of fetal abnormality, spontaneous fetal demise, or a genetic disorder in a private outpatient clinic specializing in late outpatient abortion procedures.
methodA total of 1005 women requested termination of pregnancy for reasons of genetic disorder, fetal anomaly, or fetal demise over 20 years (1992-2012). Gestational ages ranged from 12 to 39 weeks. In all cases, a documented diagnosis of fetal abnormality or fetal demise was made prior to referral. Records were reviewed to verify fetal diagnosis for all patients seeking termination of pregnancy for reasons of fetal disorder. Major complications included major unintended surgery, hemorrhage requiring transfusion, or pelvic infection.
resultsPreoperative diagnoses included the following: chromosomal abnormalities (n = 378), genetic syndromes and single gene disorders (n = 30), structural anomalies (n = 494), and other conditions (n = 103). These include 26 cases of spontaneous fetal demise and nine selective terminations of one abnormal twin. The major complication rate was 0.5%.
conclusionsThe majority of diagnoses were in the categories of genetic disorder and neurologic abnormality.
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