Objective: To report the outcome of monochorionic (MC) and dichorionic (DC) triamniotic (TA) triplet pregnancies treated with endoscopic laser coagulation of the communicating placental vessels for severe feto-fetal transfusion syndrome (FFTS) and selective fetal growth restriction (sFGR). Methods: Laser surgery was performed at 18 (15-24) weeks' gestation in 11 MCTA and 33 DCTA pregnancies complicated by FFTS and 14 DCTA pregnancies complicated by sFGR. Data from our study and previous reports were pooled using meta-analytic techniques. Results: Survival of at least one baby and survival among all fetuses was 97.0 and 72.7% in DCTA pregnancies with FFTS, 78.6 and 52.4% in DCTA pregnancies with sFGR and 81.8 and 39.4% in MCTA pregnancies with FFTS. In the combined data from our study and previous reports, the pooled survival rates in 132 DCTA pregnancies with FFTS were 94.4 and 76.1%, and in 29 MCTA pregnancies with FFTS, they were 80.6 and 57.5%. Conclusions: Survival after laser surgery is higher in DC triplets with FFTS than in those with sFGR and in DC than in MC triplets with FFTS.

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Monochorionic triplets, Dichorionic triplets, Feto-fetal transfusion syndrome, Selective fetal growth restriction, Endoscopic laser coagulation
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