title: [Placenta previa-accreta: a singular problem. A report of two cases and bibliographic review].
abstract: Placenta previa in women older than 34 years old with previous cesarean section has a high risk to develop placenta accreta/inccreta/perccreta. Such background is frequent nowadays, so placenta previa-accreta is a growing problem. This disease cause hypervascularity in the pelvic floor and increases the risk of placenta penetrating the bladder. For these peculiarities, the maternal morbidity and mortality are higher; besides, hysterectomy produces additional morbidity and mortality. For such reasons, experts explore at present other alternatives to be able to make a better maternal prognosis. In this article we report two cases with placenta previa-accreta, and make a review of medical literature about this topic.
authors.affiliation: Médico adscrito al servicio de ginecología y obstetricia del Hospital Espanñol de México.
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Medina Lomelí
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Hernández Estrada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000601:surgery*; D010923:Placenta Previa / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy