Pregnancy outcomes before and after institution of a specialised twins clinic: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although specialised clinics for multiple pregnancies are recommended by several Obstetrics and Gynaecology governing bodies, studies examining outcome before and after introduction of such clinics remain few, were performed predominantly in North America in the 1990s, and either amongst dichorionic twin pregnancies only or where chorionicity was not specified. Our objective, in the modern setting with twins of known chorionicity, was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes of twin pregnancies before and after commencement of a consultant-led, multidisciplinary twins clinic (TC). METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of 513 women, with birth of twins at ≥20 weeks' gestation, Janu..