Placenta accreta is a substantially life threatening condition and one of the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in the world. According to study done in United Kingdom, The estimated incidence of placenta accreta/increta/percreta was 1.7 per 10,000 maternities overall and 577 per 10,000 in women with both a previous cesarean delivery and placenta previa. in a tertiary south Italian center, The incidence increased from 0.12% during the 1970s, to 0.31% during the 2000s.While in United States of America, the prevalence of placenta accreta was 3.7 per 1000 deliveries.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
148
the eligible participants will be searched for signs suggestive of placenta accreta; low implantation of the gestational sac (\<4cm from the external os), presence of placental lakes, Disruption of placental-myometrial interface and trophoblast overlapping a uterine scar by 2 dimensional transvaginal ultrasound and Intraplacental dilated vessels, turbulent blood flows and greatly increased periplacental vascularity by Doppler ultrasound by level II sonographer and co-investigator under his supervision using ultrasound device.
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
Confirmation of occurrence of placenta accreta during delivery.
Time frame: duration of pregnancy
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