Reduction of the number of embryos in a multiple pregnancy: quintuplet to triplet

Joseph M. Brandes; Joseph Itskovitz; Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch; Arie Drugan; Rene Frydman

doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59366-2

Assisted Reproduction Procedures and Protocols

Reduction of the number of embryos in a multiple pregnancy: quintuplet to triplet

Brandes JM, Itskovitz J, Timor-Tritsch IE, Drugan A, Frydman R

Published August 1987 Fertility and Sterility, 48(2), 326-327

DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59366-2 PMID 3609345

Abstract

The technique for reduction of the number of embryos was applied in a patient who conceived following IVF and transfer of six embryos. On the 10th week of gestation, the number of embryos was reduced from five to three by an U/S-guided intra-uterine procedure. Two healthy girls and a boy were delivered in the 36th week by cesarean section. No trace of the other two fetuses was found. The moral and technical aspects of partial preventive termination of multiple pregnancy are discussed.

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Assisted Reproduction › Procedures and Protocols › Embryo Transfer · Ethics and Policy › Reproductive Ethics › Embryo Status

Joseph M. Brandes, Joseph Itskovitz, Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch, Arie Drugan, Rene Frydman

Joe Brandes, Joey Brandes, J Brandes, Joe Itskovitz, Joey Itskovitz, J Itskovitz, I Timor-Tritsch, A Drugan, R Frydman

PMID 3609345 3609345 DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59366-2 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59366-2 Brandes et al. 1987, Brandes 1987

Keywords

Abortion, Induced/methods, Adult, Embryo Transfer, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Fetal Resorption, Humans, Lidocaine, Meperidine, Pregnancy, Ultrasonics, Lidocaine, Meperidine

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