Placenta percreta with bladder invasion: managed successfully

Management of Placenta Percreta with Bladder Invasion

Placenta percreta with bladder invasion. A plea for multidisciplinary approach.

Placenta previa percreta with the urinary bladder invasion is a rare but potentially lethal condition. It has an increasing clinical significance due to its association with previous cesarean sections and uterine curettage. Herein, we report on a patient with placenta percreta and bladder invasion, who presented with hematuria and in whom delivery was delayed to almost full term highlighting th...

Placenta Percreta With Invasion into the Urinary Bladder*

Placenta percreta is a rare condition, which can lead to significant morbidity and potentially mortality. We present a case of a 38-year-old woman who presented at 24 weeks gestation with vaginal bleeding and was found to have complete placenta previa with placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder. Her hospital course was complicated by bilateral pulmonary emboli. She underwent an explorat...

Placenta percreta with invasion of the bladder wall: management with a multi-disciplinary approach.

Placenta percreta with pelvic organ invasion carries a high mortality for mother and fetus. Appropriate multidisciplinary consultation, strategy, and preoperative planning for Cesarean hysterectomy permitted caregivers to provide a maternal-infant bonding experience, surgical hemostasis, preservation of bladder function, and a healthy, vigorous neonate.

Placenta diffusa percreta.

Introduction Placenta diffusa though natural in sow and mare is a rare poss1bility in human beings, if the usual differentiation of the chorion into chorion frondosum and chorion leave does no t take place (Brews, 1957). Novak and Woodruff (1967) use the term placenta membranacea almost synonymously. The occurrence of this anomaly is attributed to defective decidua allowing deep implantation of...