SELECTIVE REDUCTION FOR MULTIFETAL PREGNANCY - EARLY OPINIONS REVISITED

Multifetal pregnancy reduction has emerged as a staple of infertility therapy. With increasing utilization of aggressive inferfility therapi es, thousands of couples have been able to achieve pregnancies who oth erwise would not have, but an increasing number and proportion of pati ents have multifetal pregnancies. Multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR ) has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for reducing the number of pregnancies, thereby reducing both perinatal morbidity and mortality in resultant pregnancies. The world experience suggests that the risks of MFPR ave directly related to the starting number of fetu ses but that in the majority of instances, healthy children can be ach ieved.