@article{article_492707, title={Comparison of pregnancy and neonatal outcome in spontaneous and invitro fertilization (IVF) twin pregnancies}, journal={Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={15}, pages={250–254}, year={2018}, author={Şimşir, Coşkun and Kalem, Ziya and Bakırarar, Batuhan and Namlı Kalem, Muberra}, keywords={Twin pregnancies,single pregnancies,IVF,neonatal outcome}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">Background: This study aimed to investigate whether the differences between twin </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">invitrofertilization (IVF) and twin spontaneous pregnancies in terms of pregnancy and perinatal </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">outcome. </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">Material and Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study carried out by examining the data of </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancies with live births in a private hospital between 2015 and 2018. </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">There were two study groups which were the twin pregnancy group with spontaneous pregnancy </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">and the IVF twin group with pregnancy via assisted reproductive techniques. </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">Results: Pregnancy and birth problems did not differ between the two groups. The IVF twin </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">pregnancies were observed to have higher rates of preterm birth, low birthweight and APGAR 1st </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">minute scores. Perinatal mortality rates were found similar in both groups. </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">Conclusion: In conclusion, it was shown in this study that the risks of preterm birth and low </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">birthweight which are already higher in twin pregnancies than in singleton pregnancies were even </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">higher in the IVF twin pregnancies. It is recommended in accordance with these results that single </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">embryo transfers should be preferred and iatrogenic multiple pregnancies should not be </span> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:16px;">encouraged. </span> </font> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Harran University}