Table 1 The character of the included study
From: Perinatal outcomes of monochorionic diamniotic triplet pregnancies: a case series
Study ID | Maternal age (years) | Gravida | Para | Spontaneously conceived | Diagnose weeks | Gestational age (weeks) | Delivery method | Maternal complication | Pregnancy outcomes | Umbilical cord entanglement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sepulveda 2003 [14] | 41 | 3 | 2 | not mention | 13 | 28 | CS | No | Selective feticide of the conjoined twins was conducted at 16 gestational weeks, the normal triplet died at 28 weeks weighing 1010 g | Yes |
Sepulveda 2009 [15] | 33 | 3 | 1 | not mention | 17 | 31 | CS | No | Spontaneous cessation of blood flow to the acardiac fetus at 23 weeks, another two fetuses were alive and well. | Yes |
Yong 2010 [11] | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 25–26 | 30 | CS | No | Three healthy triplets | Yes |
Youssef 2012 [9] | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 11 | Termination of pregnancy | No | / | not mention | |
Sellami 2013 [18] | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 21 | Termination of pregnancy | No | / | No | |
Talebian 2015 [16] | 38 | 1 | 0 | No (ART) | 12 + 3 | 17 | VD | No | selective feticide of the conjoined fetuses, then the membrane ruptured the day after the feticide and inevitable abortion | No |
Yonetani 2015 [7] | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 12 | 35 | CS | No | Three healthy newborns | Yes |
Suizu 2016 [10] | 34 | 1 | 0 | No (ART) | 8 + 2 | 33 | CS | decreased platelet count | Three healthy and survival infants | Yes |
Anglim 2016 [17] | 41 | 1 | 0 | No (ART) | 25 | 30 + 5 | CS | severe hyponatraemia associated with pre-eclampsia | Three healthy triplets | not mention |
May 2016 [12] | 30 | 2 | 1 | not mention | Histology of the placenta | 27 + 6 | CS | No | A live pump twin and two conjoined acardiac TRAP recipients | No |
S Bari. 2018 [13] | 25 | 1 | 0 | not mention | 34+ | 34+ | CS | respiratory distress | One alive male fetus and two female dead fetus | No |
Our cases | ||||||||||
 No. 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | 13 + 4 | 32 + 5 | CS | No | Three healthy and survival newborns | Yes |
 No. 2 | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | 18 + 5 | 32 + 3 | CS | No | Three healthy and survival infants | Yes |
 No. 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 12+ | 28 + 3 | CS | lung infection and heart failure | Three survival male babies, the parents give up further treatment | Yes |