Management of quintuplet pregnancy by selective embryocide.
Selective embryocide was performed as a two-stage procedure in a patient with a quintuplet pregnancy in the first trimester. No complications occurred, and the patient was delivered of healthy twins at term. This procedure may be offered to selected patients with pregnancies with greater than five embryos.
Farquharson
D F
DF
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Wittmann
B K
BK
Hansmann
M
M
Yuen
B H
BH
Baldwin
V J
VJ
Lindahl
S
S
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D011811:Quintuplets; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014427:Twins; D014463:Ultrasonography
D012965:Sodium Chloride