BACKGROUND The global burden of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in women with placenta previa is a major public health concern. Although there are different reports on the incidence of PPH in different countries, to date, no research has reviewed them. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to calculate the average point incidence of PPH in women with placenta previa. METHODS A systematic review a...

BACKGROUND To determine whether patients with placenta previa who delivered preterm have an increased risk for recurrent spontaneous preterm birth. METHODS This retrospective population based cohort study included patients who delivered after a primary cesarean section (n = 9983). The rate of placenta previa, its recurrence, and the risk for recurrent preterm birth were determined. RESULTS ...

Dangerous placenta previa refers to somebody has a history of cesarean section while this pregnancy was placenta previa with the placenta attached to the original scar. The placenta can be adhered to the surface of the uterus, invasion into myometrium or completely penetrate the muscle and tissues in these placenta previa patients. It happens in these persons like older maternal ages (over 35 y...

1 Alev Özer, Hilal Sakallı, Bülent Köstü, Şakir Aydoğdu Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey MATERNAL-NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN PLACENTA PREVIA ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLACENTA PREVIA AND IN PREVIA-ACCRETA COEXISTENCE PLASENTA PREVİANIN FARKLI TİPLERİNDE VE PREVİA-AKRETA BİRLİKTELİĞİNDE M...

BACKGROUND Placenta previa and placenta accreta carry significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Several techniques have been described in the literature for controlling massive bleeding associated with placenta previa cesarean sections. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the use of the cervix as a natural tamponade in controlling postpartum hemo...

Vasa previa is a rare but clinically important obstetrical complication that can be associated with a low-lying placenta or placenta previa. We aim to convey the challenges in diagnosing this condition by presenting 2 cases of pseudo vasa previa diagnosed antenatally as vasa previa using standard and color Doppler ultrasonography. Both patients were falsely diagnosed; only a low-lying placenta ...

The rate of cesarean delivery in the United States is at an all-time high. With the increased rate of primary and repeated cesarean delivery, a corresponding increase in the occurrence rate of placenta previa and placenta accreta has been observed. The purpose of this case report is to discuss the obstetric disorder of placenta previa with the concurrent occurrence of placenta accreta. A review...

Objective Concurrent placenta previa and placenta accreta increase the risk of massive obstetric hemorrhage. Despite extensive research on the management of placenta previa (including placenta accreta, increta, and percreta), the number and quality of previous studies are limited. We present a case of placenta accreta requiring an induced second-trimester abortion because of premature rupture o...

OBJECTIVES To review cases of placenta previa in the last 13 years in a tertiary teaching hospital to identify risk factors for maternal morbidity.  METHODS A retrospective analysis of all cases of placenta previa managed at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 2001 to December 2013.    RESULTS The total number of deliveries was 55,862 deli...

Placenta previa totalis can cause life-threatening massive postpartum hemorrhage, and careful anesthetic management is essential. Preventive uterine artery embolization (UAE) before placental expulsion was introduced to reduce postpartum bleeding in cases of placenta previa totalis. We describe the case of a 40-year-old woman (gravida 0, para 0) with placenta previa totalis and uterine myomas w...