Risk Evaluation in a Small Series of Transabdominal Chorionic Villus Sampling
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
- Vol. 31 (4) , 189-191
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000293155
Abstract
Previous reports have suggested that the fetal loss rate with transcervical chorionic villus sampling was high in the initial 100–300 procedures performed. In a consecutive series of 155 patients with first-trimester transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (CVS), we observed a total fetal loss rate of 8.4%, and a loss rate not attributable to induced abortion or cytogenetic abnormality of 3.2%. Our results demonstrate that transabdominal CVS in the first trimester of pregnancy is a safe method of prenatal diagnosis.Keywords
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