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Multiple pregnancies with gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT): Complications of a new technique

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A complication related to the gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) procedure involving a sextuplet pregnancy is described. Selective reduction of the fetuses to two, with normal delivery at term, was able to be performed. Problems with regard to multiple pregnancy with this procedure are discussed as well as ways to decrease the probability of this occurring.

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  1. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Eleventh and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Frances R. Batzer, Benjamin Gocial, Stephen L. Corson & Ronald J. Wapner

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Stuart Weiner

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Batzer, F.R., Gocial, B., Corson, S.L. et al. Multiple pregnancies with gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT): Complications of a new technique. J Assist Reprod Genet 5, 35–37 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01138868

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