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Chapter-31 Placenta Accreta

BOOK TITLE: Manual of High-Risk Pregnancy

Author
1. Chauhan Rooplekha
ISBN
9789352703920
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14143_32
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
4
Author Affiliations
1. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Chapter keywords
Placenta accreta, bleeding, human placenta, vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF, trophoblastic invasion, placenta increta

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to introduce the placenta accreta. These abnormalities of placental insertion are serious as there are occurs trophoblastic invasion into the myometrium to a variable extent. Bleeding from these sites can be dangerous. Placenta accreta is becoming more important to obstetricians as the number of cesarean sections is on rise. This chapter covers the development of human placenta, placenta accreta, diagnosis, and management. Human placenta is hemochorial, as the maternal blood directly bathes the syncytiotrophoblast. Placenta accreta is a condition in which all or part of the placenta is adherent to the uterine wall because of myometrial invasion by chorionic villi. It may occur when there is a primary deficiency or secondary damage to deciduas basalis and Nitabuch’s layer.

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