Objective: To determine the perinatal and maternal outcome of the macrosomic infants.
Study Design: A case-control, retrospective study is performed in the Department of
Gynecology and Obstetrics, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, between 1988–
1992. The maternal and neonatal records of infants with birthweight of at least 4000g (n=
1000) were reviewed. Another 1000 cases amongst the newborns delivered in the same
period between 2500 and 3999g formed the control group. The obstetrical outcome …