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Conservative management of placenta accreta. A case report. 1988

D I Hollander, and M J Pupkin, and M C Crenshaw, and D A Nagey

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore.

Placenta accreta is a rare complication of pregnancy. Traditional therapy has centered upon total abdominal hysterectomy to prevent serious hemorrhagic and infectious sequelae. Conservative management, however, may preserve reproductive function without jeopardizing maternal welfare.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007044	Hysterectomy	Excision of the uterus.	Hysterectomies
D010921	Placenta Accreta	Abnormal placentation in which all or parts of the PLACENTA are attached directly to the MYOMETRIUM due to a complete or partial absence of DECIDUA. It is associated with POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE because of the failure of placental separation.	Morbidly Adherent Placenta,Placenta Accreta Spectrum,Placenta Increta,Placenta Percreta,Accreta Spectrum, Placenta,Accreta, Placenta,Adherent Placenta, Morbidly,Increta, Placenta,Morbidly Adherent Placentas,Percreta, Placenta,Placenta, Morbidly Adherent
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D014463	Ultrasonography	The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.	Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic