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Perinatal outcomes were synthesized with random effects meta-analysis using RevMan 5.3.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2020-0088_abs_003_w2aab3b7c58b1b6b1aab1c16b3Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Summary and Outlook<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Fifteen studies were included. Dichorionic twin pregnancies conceived by ART wherein the vanishing twin phenomenon occurred had a risk of fetal malformation similar to that of ART singleton pregnancies (OR=1.25; 95% CI 0.87\u20131.79) and a higher risk of fetal malformation compared with ART twin pregnancies (OR=1.82; 95% CI 1.23\u20132.70). Moreover, the remaining fetus in ART vanishing twin pregnancy was at a significantly higher risk of preterm birth (&lt;37 weeks) compared to fetuses in ART singleton pregnancies (OR=2.41; 95% CI 1.46\u20133.99) and a markedly lower risk of preterm birth (&lt;37 weeks) compared to the fetuses in ART twin pregnancies (OR=0.19; 95% CI 0.16\u20130.22). Meanwhile, the risk of delivery of infants who were small for gestational age (SGA) was significantly higher in ART vanishing twin pregnancies compared to that in ART singleton pregnancies (OR=2.70; 95% CI 1.39\u20135.24) and similar to that in ART twin pregnancies (OR=0.67; 95% CI 0.27\u20131.65).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The risks of preterm birth and of the infant being SGA is higher for the remaining fetus in an ART vanishing twin pregnancy compared to those for the fetuses in ART singleton pregnancies; the risk of fetal malformation is also higher in such cases compared with ART twin pregnancies.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpm-2020-0088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,28]],"date-time":"2020-07-28T10:18:32Z","timestamp":1595931512000},"page":"639-647","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Perinatal outcomes in vanishing twin pregnancies following assisted reproductive technology (ART) \u2013 a systematic review and meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"48","author":[{"given":"Fan","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital , Sichuan University; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education ; Chengdu , P.R. 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