MORBID ADHERENT PLACENTA: PREDICTION, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review
- Vol. 18 (4), 357-381
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0965539507002057
Abstract
Morbid adherent placenta (MAP), also known as placenta accreta, increta or percreta, is one of the main causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Its incidence has noticeably increased in the last few decades, a fact directly related to the increase in caesarean sections. There is a close relation between iterative caesarean sections and MAP. This connection is of vital importance, since caesarean rates have risen worldwide, especially in the countries where there is the possibility of caesarean section on demand.Keywords
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