epimestrol and Fetal-Death

Ovulation induction has been used regularly in our department for several years to treat functional sterility. 4. various preparations and methods have been applied. The success rate is 31.3%. Altogether there have been 400 pregnancies, 274 of them have come to term, 126 patients are still pregnant. In 50% of the cases the pregnancy was uncomplicated and in 48.7% labour was normal. The number of abortions and premature labour is high and the prophylactic gestagene therapy has been successful in protecting the pregnancy. There have been more pathologies during labour, so the frequency of interventions is higher. The perinatal mortality of the mature newborn is 2.3%, but the perinatal mortality in premature labour is very high (14.7%). The total perinatal loss is 9.8%. The frequency of malformations is not higher as was previously suspected.

Topics: Abortion, Spontaneous; Cesarean Section; Clomiphene; Epimestrol; Female; Fetal Death; Gonadotropins; Humans; Infertility, Female; Obstetric Labor Complications; Ovulation Induction; Pregnancy; Risk