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Moving from intra partum to prenatal diagnosis of placenta accreta: a quarter of a century in the making but still a long road to go
Author(s) -
Jauniaux Eric,
Silver Robert M
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0528.14167
Subject(s) - placenta accreta , medicine , curettage , myometrium , obstetrics , placenta , hysterectomy , caesarean section , gynecology , pregnancy , uterus , surgery , fetus , biology , genetics
ERIC JAUNIAUX, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, UK AND ROBERT M SILVER, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, USA I 1961,K Greig, MRCOG, then a senior registrar at the Royal Maternity, reported a case of placenta accreta (PA) treated by postpartum hysterectomy (Figure 1). The patient was a grand multipara with a history including a uterine curettage, manual delivery of the placenta and caesarean section (CS) (J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonw 1961;68:968–73). This was not the first case report of PA, but before imaging techniques, i.e. ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) became available, PA was almost exclusively an intrapartum finding with often dramatic consequences.