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This study aims to characterize the distribution of indications, identify predictors of late termination (gestational age \u2265 20 weeks), and analyze hospital resource utilization in a nine-year consecutive case series. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. All 112 cases of TOP for confirmed fetal anomalies or fetomaternal indications were included. Predictors of late termination were identified by binary logistic regression with three a priori selected variables (cardiovascular anomaly, CNS anomaly, maternal age; EPV [events-per-variable ratio] = 13.3). Hospital stay was compared between gestational age groups using the Mann\u2013Whitney U test. Results: The mean gestational age at termination was 18.2 \u00b1 4.0 weeks. Amniotic fluid disorders (predominantly anhidramnios, n = 35, 31.3%) were the single most frequent specific diagnosis. Cardiovascular anomaly was the only variable associated with late termination on logistic regression (OR 15.34, 95% CI 1.81\u2013130.34; p = 0.012); CNS anomaly and maternal age were not significant. Cardiovascular anomalies were terminated at significantly later gestational ages than all other indication categories (pairwise Mann\u2013Whitney U; Bonferroni-corrected p &lt; 0.01 for four of five comparisons). Hospital stay was significantly longer in cases terminated at \u226520 weeks (median 3 vs. 2 days; p = 0.001). Conclusions: Amniotic fluid disorders dominate the indication profile at this center, distinguishing it from chromosomally focused Western series. Cardiovascular anomalies were associated with late termination, a finding consistent with the gestational age constraints of fetal echocardiography. 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