A Case of Partial Placenta Prævia in a Multipara

A Case of Partial Placenta Prævia with Arm Presentation

pregnancy. The labour commenced in the evening. At first everything seemed to be going alright. The pains grew in intensity as time passed on and the membranes ruptured after three or four hours from the commencement of labour. After the escape of the Liquor Amnii a sudden and severe hiemorrhage set in, the blood gushing out in large quantities at every contraction of the uterus. This continued...

Notes of a Case of Partial Placenta Prævia

My only reason for troubling the Society with a brief note of this case, is the peculiar interest attached to all cases of haemorrhage, as well as the comparative rarity of instances where the placenta forms the presentation (1 in 500). In dealing with such cases, we must recollect (although a disputed question) that the haemorrhage must be, to some extent, unavoidable, owing to the progressive...

Placenta from a Case of Placenta Prævia

Case of Placenta Prævia

A Case of Placenta Prævia Increta

By placenta accreta is meant an abnormal adherence of the whole, or part, of the placenta to the uterine wall due to partial or complete absence of the decidua basalis, especially the spongiosum layer. Placenta increta is an uncommon variant of this condition when, in addition, the plfacenta invades the uterine musculature. The incidence of placenta accreta varies from observer to observer, and...