Table 2 The characteristics of triplets with two acardiac fetuses
Study ID | Maternal age(years) | Spontaneously conceived | Triplet type | Diagnosis age(wks) | Prenatal intervention | Delivery age(wks) | Delivery method | Pregnancy outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sanjaghsaz 1998 [5] | 24 | NS | NS | At delivery | No | 35 + 1 | CS | A live infant weighing 2646 g and conjoined acardiac acephalic twins weighing 1350 g |
Ventura 2011 [6] | 30 | spontaneously conceived | MCTA | 21 | No | 23 + 5 | VD | Spontaneous labor and no fetal heart activity in the pump twin, pump twin weighing 720 g, acardiac twins weighing 862 g |
May 2016 [4] | 30 | NS | MCDA | 26 + 1 | No | 27 + 6 | CS | A live infant weighing 1275 g and conjoined acardiac twins weighing 940 g |
Our case | 31 | spontaneously conceived | MCDA | 12 | Intrafetal laser therapy | 37 + 4 | CS | A healthy infant weighing 2510 g and two papyraceous acardiac fetuses weighing 14 and 8 g |