Women with placenta previa are at increased risks for complications related to obstetrical hemorrhage and the need for emergent delivery. Some will remain asymptomatic without preterm labor or vaginal bleeding, and thus the clinician must decide when to schedule cesarean delivery in a "stable" patient. Decision-making for the optimal timing of delivery across the late preterm and early-term per...

The authors present their experience in prenatal diagnosis of placental and umbilical cord pathologies, using three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) in the rendering and tomography ultrasound imaging (TUI) modes, associated with color Doppler in some cases. Cases of placenta accreta/placenta previa, circumvallate placenta, succenturiate lobe, true knot of the umbilical cord, nuchal cord, and margi...

Patient A, the woman who was having a child in this incident, was born in 1975 and get married in 1997. In July 2001, she gave birth to her first child at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, B Kosei Hospital by means of cesarean section. She conceived her second child in 2004. She visited early in May the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukushima Prefectural Oono Hospital, and...

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate whether morphologic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features could help to predict the maternal outcome after uterine artery embolization (UAE)-assisted cesarean section (CS) in patients with invasive placenta previa. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the MRI data of 40 pregnant women who have undergone UAE-assisted cesarean section due to suspected high risk o...

OBJECTIVE Placenta previa and prior cesarean delivery are known risk factors for placenta accreta. However, other risk factors have not been identified. Our objective was to examine risk factors for accreta using data collected prospectively in a large multicenter cohort. STUDY DESIGN Secondary analysis of women with accreta compared to those without accreta in a large multicenter cesarean de...

Abnormal attachment of the placenta (Placenta accreta, increta, and percreta) is an uncommon but potentially lethal cause of maternal mortality from massive postpartum hemorrhage. A 33-yr-old woman, who had been diagnosed with a placenta previa, was referred at 30 weeks gestation. On ultrasound, a complete type of placenta previa and multiple intraplacental lacunae, suggestive of placenta accre...

Placenta percreta is one of the most serious complications of placenta previa and is frequently associated with severe obstetric hemorrhage usually necessitating hysterectomy. We present a case of placenta previa percreta diagnosed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging techniques, in which we accomplished conservative management of postpartum hemorrhage. The management we propose include...

Objective: To describe the care of a pregnant patient medically diagnosed with a breeched fetus and placenta previa. Clinical Features: The patient is a 32 year old multi-parous woman in her 32 week of pregnancy. She was referred for chiropractic care by her midwife and obstetrician after ultrasound imaging confirmed breech fetal positioning and placenta previa. The consensus by both birthing p...

BACKGROUND Several studies have assessed the risks of uteroplacental bleeding disorders in relation to maternal characteristics. The association between uteroplacental bleeding disorders and paternal characteristics, however, has received considerably less attention. Data on paternal demographics, notably race and age, from birth certificate data are becoming increasingly incomplete in recent y...