Conservative Management of Morbidly Adherent Placenta: Expert Review : Obstetric Anesthesia Digest

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Conservative Management of Morbidly Adherent Placenta: Expert Review

Fox, K.A.; Shamshirsaz, A.A.; Carusi, D.; Secord, A.A.; Lee, P.; Turan, O.M.; Huls, C.; Abuhamad, A.; Simhan, H.; Barton, J.; Wright, J.; Silver, R.; Belfort, M.A.

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Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 36(4):p 184-185, December 2016. | DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000504710.74182.50

Abstract

(Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015;213(6):755–760)

Morbidly adherent placenta (MAP) includes the spectrum of placenta accreta, increta, and percreta and is a cause of major morbidity and mortality in pregnant women. In the last century, the incidence of MAP has risen from approximately 1 in 20,000 live births in 1928 to 1 in 533 in 2002.

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