The purpose of this article was to evaluate the accuracy of predicting amnionicity using the number of yolk sacs by diagnostic ultrasound examination in monochorionic (MC) multifetal pregnancies between 7 + 0 and 9 + 6 gestational weeks. A total of 97 patients with MC multifetal pregnancies underwent early ultrasound examination from 2004 to 2014 at Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare...

INTRODUCTION With the advent of assisted reproductive treatment options, the incidence of multiple pregnancies has increased. Although the need for elective single embryo transfer is emphasized time and again, its uniform applicability in practice is yet a distant goal. In view of the fact that triplet and higher order pregnancies are associated with significant fetomaternal complications, the ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of ovarian stimulation on the outcome of intrauterine insemination (IUI). DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING A single university-based centre. POPULATION A total of 5109 couples with 8893 cycles. METHODS The outcome of IUI with different protocols for ovarian stimulation was examined. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The live birth rate (LBR), twin pregnancy ...

OBJECTIVE To report the outcome of monochorionic (MC) and dichorionic (DC) triamniotic (TA) triplet pregnancies treated with endoscopic laser coagulation of the communicating placental vessels for severe feto-fetal transfusion syndrome (FFTS) and selective fetal growth restriction (sFGR). METHODS Laser surgery was performed at 18 (15-24) weeks' gestation in 11 MCTA and 33 DCTA pregnancies com...

Multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) appears to be an efficacious method for improving the perinatal outcome of 'high order' multifetal gestations. The present study was undertaken to evaluate pregnancy outcomes after MFPR to twins in comparison with spontaneously conceived twins. In all, 10 patients with quadruplet gestation (group 1) and 30 patients with triplet gestation (group 2), who unde...

Two N^N Pt(II) bis(acetylide) complexes Pt-1 and Pt-2 with regioisomeric amino NI acetylide ligands (L-1 and L-2, L-1 = 5-amino-4-ethylnaphthaleneimide; L-2 = 3-amino-4-ethylnaphthaleneimide) were prepared. The photophysical properties of the complexes were studied by steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy. The two complexes with regioisomeric ligands (Pt-1 and Pt-2) show different photoph...

BACKGROUND A trade-off exists between the risk of multiple pregnancy and prospects of pregnancy itself in assisted reproduction. Blastocyst culture and embryo transfer after approximately 5 days may be one method of reconciling this dilemma, although a controversial one. METHODS AND RESULTS We presented a questionnaire to groups of patients, embryologists and clinicians to solicit views on th...