Background: Amniocentesis (AC) is the most commonly used
invasive prenatal test. The aim of this study was to determine which were the
most common indications for AC, chromosomal abnormalities in relation to the age
of the mother and complications as a result of AC. Methods: This is a
retrospective thirteen-year cohort study including pregnant women who underwent
AC in the period from 2008 to 2020. Patients were divided into two groups: below
and above 35 years of age of mother at the time of AC. Results: During
study period 2213 AC were performed, out of which 759 (34.29%) were in mother
below, and 1454 (65.70%) above 35 years of age (p
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Genetic amniocentesis: indications, outcome and complications retrospective cohort study during 13 years
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Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital Tešanj, 74260 Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Correspondence: cerovac.anis@gmail.com (Anis Cerovac)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(6), 1318–1323;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4806209
Submitted: 24 May 2021 | Revised: 26 July 2021 | Accepted: 2 August 2021 | Published: 15 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Keywords
Advanced maternal age
Prenatal invasive testing
Trisomy 21
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