Sectio parva for fetal preservation

Abstract

Selective abdominal delivery, or sectio parva, is cesarean delivery of one of multiple fetuses, but not the other(s). Eleven cases have been reported for the purpose of aborting one twin, and this is the second report of an attempt to improve the outcome of both twins. Perinatal outcomes have ranged from almost immediate delivery of the second twin because of placental abruption, to elective delivery of the survivor at term.