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Table 1 Parental information about termination according to five prognostic categories. The specific abnormalities are listed for each category

From: Parental information about the option to apply for pregnancy termination after the detection of a congenital abnormality and factors influencing parental decision-making: a cohort study

 

Cases total

Information about termination

Classification of fetal abnormalities according to prognosis

(n)

(%)

No (n)

(%)

Yes (n)

(%)

1. Conditions with a good long-term prognosis

107

33.4

94

88

13

12

  Micrognathia

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Unilateral cleft lip

  

8

 

0

 

  Diaphragmatic hernia

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

  Coarctation of aorta

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Right aortic arch

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Persistent left superior vena cava

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Other malformation of the tricuspid valve

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Ventricular septal defect

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Double kidney

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Hydronephrosis

  

36

 

0

 

  Renal agenesis unilateral

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Cystic renal dysplasia unilateral

  

10

 

0

 

  Duplication of the renal pelvis

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Omphalocele

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Gastroschisis

  

6

 

< 5

 

  Intestinal atresia

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

  Anal/rectal atresia

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Clubfoot

  

11

 

0

 

  Congenital malformation of female genitalia

  

< 5

 

0

 

2. Conditions with uncertain long-term prognosis

26

8.1

8

31

18

69

  Cleft lip-palate/facial cleft bilateral

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

  Pulmonary adenoid malformation

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Transposition of the great arteries

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Common arterial trunk

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Other malformation of aorta

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Tetralogy of Fallot

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

  Amelia of the lower limb

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Pelvic teratoma

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Lymphangioma

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Hygroma/hydrops

  

0

 

8

 

  Short long bones

  

< 5

 

0

 

  Small biometries

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

3. Conditions with poor long-term prognosis

70

21.9

< 5

N/A

67

N/A

  Spina bifida

  

0

 

13

 

  Cerebellar hypoplasia

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

  Agenesis of corpus callosum

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Occipital encephalocele

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Congenital hydrocephalus

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Other specified congenital malformations of brain

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

  

0

 

9

 

  Hypoplastic right heart syndrome

  

0

 

7

 

  Ebsteins anomaly

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Congenital cardiomyopathy

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Cystic renal dysplasia bilateral

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Megacystis/urethral valves

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Multiple malformations

  

< 5

 

21

 

4. Conditions with a lethal prognosis

13

4.1

0

0

13

100

  Anencephaly

  

0

 

9

 

  Holoprosencephaly

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Renal agenesis bilateral

  

0

 

< 5

 

5. Conditions with genetic disorders

104

32.5

< 5

N/A

102

N/A

  Aneuploidy

      

    Trisomy 13

  

0

 

10

 

    Trisomy 18

  

0

 

21

 

    Trisomy 21

  

0

 

43

 

    Triploidy

  

0

 

< 5

 

  Sex chromosomal abnormality

      

    Klinefelter syndrome

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

    Triple X syndrome

  

0

 

< 5

 

    Turner syndrome

  

< 5

 

10

 

  Monogenic disorder

  

< 5

 

< 5

 

  Copy number variation (pathogenic)

  

0

 

10

 

Total

320

100

107

33

213

67

  1. Numbers are reported as < 5 to comply with data protection regulations
  2. N/A: not applicable