3 Cases of Monozygotic Twin Pregnancy after IVF-ET.
- Author:
Sung Yun CHOI
;
Byeong Jun JUNG
;
Hyung Min CHOI
;
Young Jae KANG
;
Eung Soo LEE
;
Hyun Jin SONG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Cesarean Section;
Female;
Humans;
Pregnancy*;
Prevalence;
Private Practice;
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted;
Twinning, Monozygotic;
Twins, Monozygotic*
- From:Korean Journal of Fertility and Sterility
2000;27(3):295-300
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To report three cases of monozygotic twinning after IVF-ET transfer. METHODS: Private practice in two different assisted reproductive technology clinics. RESULTS: Three intrauterine monozygotic twin pregnancies occurred after IVF-ET. One of them was complicated by cord entanglement, another is progressing normal pregnancy without complication and the other was had a normal pregnancy without complication and delivered twin by cesarean section. CONCLUSION: The reported prevalence of multiple gestations in IVF-ET is a approximately 30%, and it is only 2.7% to be monozygotic twinning in IVF-ET. We report three cases of monozygotic twining after IVF-ET.
