Objective: To report on the characteristics of pregnancy in female patients with EEC (exstrophy-epispadias complex), determining in particular whether they are at higher risk of spontaneous abortion or complications.
Materials And Method: Fifty patients diagnosed with EEC and treated in a reference center for this pathology were reviewed. Those with an incomplete medical history were excluded, leaving a total of 37 women with a median follow-up of 26 years (1-48 years). The outcome measurements were successful pregnancies, miscarriages, urological, gynecological and obstetric complications, impaired renal function, newborn characteristics, and postpartum urogynecological complications. Descriptive statistics was used.
Results: Eight patients achieved 17 pregnancies (88.2% spontaneous). Of these pregnancies, 10 (58.8%) were successful, while 7 (41.2%) terminated in miscarriages. Urinary tract infection (UTI) was the most frequent complication (41.6%) and intestinal occlusion was the most severe. A total of 62.5% of the patients presented genital prolapses after pregnancies. A total of 85.7% of patients were dry during the follow-up after their pregnancies. No newborn presented EEC or any other type of malformation. Our study has the limitation of being a retrospective review of a very heterogeneous and small group of patients.
Conclusion: EEC patients can achieve spontaneous pregnancies but have an increased risk of miscarriage. For this reason, monitoring and control by a specialized and integrated multidisciplinary team is required to minimize complications.
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