Management of placenta accreta: morbidity and outcome.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the study was to evaluate our results in the management of placenta accreta.


METHODS
In a retrospective study we reviewed cases of placenta accreta diagnosed in two university teaching hospitals between 1993 and 2003. For a subgroup of patients a conservative approach was attempted. In this procedure placenta was left in place until spontaneous resorption.


RESULTS
Fifty cases (0.12%) of placenta accreta were observed in 41, 119 deliveries during the study period. Of the 50 cases, 24 patients (48%) were managed by the standard approach and 26 patients (52%) underwent conservative treatment. Additional surgical or medical treatment was performed in 35 of the 50 patients (70%). There was no maternal death. Overall hysterectomy rate was 40%, 10 patients were transferred to intensive care unit (20%), 7 had fever (14%), 5 had endometritis (10%) and 19 patients had blood transfusion (38%). Conservative treatment did not lead to hysterectomy in 21 cases (80.7%) and failed in 5 (19.3%). During the follow-up period, 3 women had successful pregnancy.


CONCLUSIONS
Analysis of management of placenta accreta shows that for a subgroup of selected patients a conservative approach could preserve subsequent fertility without evident increase in morbidity.
Bretelle
Florence
F
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Conception Hospital, University of Mediterranee, Pr Gamerre, Marseille, France. florence.bretelle@ap-hm.fr
Courbière
Blandine
B
Mazouni
Chafika
C
Agostini
Aubert
A
Cravello
Ludovic
L
Boubli
Léon
L
Gamerre
Marc
M
D'Ercole
Claude
C
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D009017:Morbidity; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome