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SPONTANEOUS ABORTION AFTER ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Aleks Finderle ; Department of ginecology and abstetrition, School of medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Oleg Petrović ; Department of ginecology and abstetrition, School of medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Abstract
Spontaneous abortion is defined as pregnancy loss
before 20 weeks gestation, as based on last menstral
period, or the delivery of a fetus that weights less than
500 g. Early pregnancy after assisted reproduction has
increased risk for spontaneous abortion in confront of
spontaneous pregnancies. There is no difference in etiologies
of spontaneous abortion after IVF and the most
common are genetic, anatomic, endocrine, infectious,
autoimmune and other causes. The frequency of clinically
recognized abortion is about 15 to 20% and chromosomal
abnormalities cause at least half of them. With
genetic counseling and preimplantation genetic diagnosis
there is a possibility to decrease number of spontaneous
abortion coused by genetic causes. Recently, as a
consequence of new diagnostic technologies development
there is increase of some other causes of early
pregnancy loss as a antiphospholipid synrome (APS)
and thombophilia.

Keywords

assisted reproduction; spontaneous abortion

Hrčak ID:

23479

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/23479

Publication date:

20.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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