Perinatal and obstetric outcomes of dichorionic vs trichorionic triplet pregnancies

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 214; no. 5; pp. 659.e1 - 659.e5
• Main Authors: Lopes Perdigao, Joana, MD, Straub, Heather, MD, Zhou, Ying, PhD, Gonzalez, Anna, MD, Ismail, Mahmoud, MD, Ouyang, David W., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Chicago - epidemiology; Chorion; chorionicity; Cohort Studies; Female; Fetofetal Transfusion - mortality; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant; Infant Mortality; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; Middle Aged; Obstetrics and Gynecology; perinatal and obstetric outcome; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Triplet; Premature Birth - etiology; Retrospective Studies; triplets; Young Adult; perinatal and obstetric outcome; triplets; chorionicity

Background Clinical management and outcome of multiple gestation can be affected by chorionicity. In triplet pregnancies, fetal death has been associated with dichorionic (DC) and monochorionic placentation. Studies evaluating triplet pregnancy outcomes in relation to chorionicity have been few and...