Open AccessPLACENTA PREVIA ACCRETA
Author(s) -
Arun Giri,
Geeta Gurung,
Nirmala Pradhan,
Bekha Laxmi Manandhar,
Ashma Rana
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.685
Subject(s) - placenta accreta , medicine , placenta previa , obstetrics , placenta , hysterectomy , endometrium , placenta diseases , gynecology , pregnancy , surgery , fetus , genetics , biology
Placenta accreta is defined as any placental implantation in which the placenta isabnormally and firmly adherent to the underlying uterine wall in part or in total. Theprobable cause is defective decidual formation as shown by its occurence in area wherethe endometrium is deficient or damaged.The commonest condition associated with it are placenta previa and previous caesareansection. A case of placenta previa accreta is described herewith in a 2nd gravida whoeventually needed emergency caesarean hysterectomy (total) due to profuse bleeding.Key Words: Placenta accreta, placenta, caesarean hysterectomy.