title: Obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies following intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the obstetric and perinatal outcome for births following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Of 210 infants born, 140 were singletons and 70 were twins. There were no triplets or higher births. The multiple birth frequency was 20%. Overall, 17% of deliveries were preterm, although for singleton pregnancies the incidence was reduced to 9%. The median birth weight of all live born infants was 3168 g and singletons 3470 g. Of all infants, 17% had a low birth weight (<2500 g) and 2% had a very low birth weight (<1500 g). Two major malformations occurred in two singleton children and four minor malformations occurred in four children. This was within the range of expected values in Sweden. Karyotyping was performed in 58 pregnancies. All of them were normal. The perinatal mortality was 0.5%. In conclusion, in this observational study from Sweden of the first infants born after ICSI in our programme, the incidence of multiple births, preterm births, low birth weight babies and congenital malformations was low compared with other series of in-vitro fertilization pregnancies not associated with ICSI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Hospital and Fertility Center Scandinavia, Carlanderska Hospital, University of Goteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Wennerholm
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bergh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hamberger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reismer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wennergren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wikland
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D003593:Cytoplasm; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013548:Sweden; D014427:Twins