Placenta Accreta - Diagnosis and Management

Management of placenta accreta.

Cesarean hysterectomy is considered the reference standard treatment for placenta accreta. In young women who want the option of future pregnancy and agree to close follow-up monitoring, conservative treatment is a valid option. Several key points of both cesarean hysterectomy and conservative treatment remain debatable, such as timing of delivery, attempted removal of the placenta, use of temp...

Epidemiology, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Placenta Accreta

Placenta accreta is a severe pregnancy complication and is currently the most common indication for peripartum hysterectomy. It is becoming an increasingly common complication mainly due to the increasing rate of cesarean delivery. Main risk factor for placenta accreta is a previous cesarean delivery particularly when accompanied with a coexisting placenta previa. Antenatal diagnosis seems to b...

Diagnosis and morbidity of placenta accreta.

OBJECTIVE To examine the diagnostic precision of ultrasound examination for placenta accreta in women with placenta previa and to compare the morbidity associated with accreta to that of previa alone. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of all women with previa with/without accreta examined at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) between 2002 and 2008. The sensitivity,...

Placenta Praevia, Placenta Praevia Accreta and Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management

Antenatal diagnosis of placenta accreta: a review.

The incidence of placenta accreta should rise steadily over the next century as the frequency of Cesarean sections and advanced maternal age, both independent risk factors, increases. Patients who are at risk should be identified before an ultrasound examination and the characteristic findings searched for. In the first trimester, these include a low-lying sac that appears to be attached to the...