Objective: To assess the role of color Doppler as a complementary technique to grayscale in the early detection of placenta accreta. Material and Methods: One hundred and ten pregnant women with confirmed placenta previa complete centralize (after 28 weeks' gestation) were included prospectively into this study. Gray-scale trans abdominal ultrasound examination was performed to detect loss of t...

A 37-year-old primigravida at 35 weeks of gestation presented with known anterior wall dominant placenta previa totalis and suspected placenta accreta was successfully treated with transfundal uterine (transverse) incision performed with prophylactic common iliac artery balloon occlusion. This new surgical approach could be an alternative procedure for avoiding excessive blood loss during caesa...

RESULTS: In total, 615 cases were detected. The incidence of venous thromboembolism was 1 per 1000 pregnancies. The anteand postnatal incidences were quite similar. Antenatal risk factors were assisted reproduction, gestational diabetes, age older than 35 years, multiple pregnancies, and primi-parity. Postnatal risk factors were cesarean section, preeclampsia, assisted reproduction, abruptio pl...

We determined recent trends and recurrence rates of placenta praevia in 790,366 deliveries in NSW. From 2001 to 2009, the rate of placenta praevia increased by 26%, from 0. 69% to 0. 87% (trend P < 0.001). The placenta praevia recurrence rate in a second birth was 4.8%. Two-thirds of the increase in placenta praevia was accounted for by trends in known risk factors, and the unexplained portion ...

OBJECTIVE To study the effectiveness of utero-vaginal packing in the management of primary postpartum hemorrhage due to placenta previa/accreta. METHODS We conducted this study in the Maternity Hospital, Riyadh Medical Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a retrospective study covering 7 years from January 2001 to December 2007. Utero-vaginal packing was carried out by placing gauze soaked ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the association of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE). SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 57,009 pregnancies during 2002-2008 at Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University. The diagnosis of VTE {deep vein thrombosis ...

Aim: To find out the prevalence of placenta previa, obstetrical risk factors and fetomaternal complications. Study design: It was a prospective observational study. Setting: The study was carried out in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Sharif Medical City Hospital, from January1st2010 to December 31st 2013. Result: During the study period there were 2401 births at Sharif Medical ...