Indication | N | Maternal adverse events | Pregnancy outcome | Spontaneous abortion | Other fetal adverse events | Temporal relation with endoscopy? | Etiological relation with endoscopy? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sigmoidoscopy | |||||||
6 | None | Live birth (n = 6) | No (n = 6) | 3 premature births (34, 28 and 25.5 wks) | No | No | |
3 (in 2 pts) | None | Elective abortion (n = 2) | No (n = 2) | Elective abortion (unwanted pregnancies) | Yes (n = 2) | No | |
Volvulus and incarcerated uterus [19] | 1 | None | No pregnancy losses | No (n = 1) | Not reported | No | No |
Non-malignant colonic obstruction | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gastrointestinal bleeding [20] | 1 | None | Incomplete abortion (n = 1) | Yes, incomplete abortion at 10.4 wks (n = 1) | - | Yes | Possible, abdominal pregnancy, laparotomy after sigmoidoscopy |
Colonoscopy | |||||||
12 | None | Live births (n = 11), stillbirth (n = 1) | No (n = 12) | 2 premature births (32 and 33 wks), 1 stillbirth (22 wks) | Unclear, paper fails to show which outcome belongs to which patient | No, authors do not link adverse events to endoscopy | |
5 | Maternal death (n = 1), none (n = 4) | Live birth (n = 5) | No (n = 5) | 3 premature births (33, 33.6 and 34 wks) | No | No | |
Volvulus and incarcerated uterus | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Non-malignant colonic obstruction [33] | 1 | None | Live birth (n = 1) | No (n = 1) | None | No | No |
3 (in 2 pts) | None | Live birth (n = 2) | No (n = 2) | None | No | No | |
Total | 32 |