Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

1 Placenta accreta: Epidemiology and risk factors
Daniela Carusi

2 Pathophysiology of accreta
Eric Jauniaux, Amar Bhide, and Graham J Burton

3 Ultrasound diagnosis of the morbidly adherent placenta
Eliza M Berkley and Alfred Abuhamad

4 MRI diagnosis of accreta
Andrew D Hull and Michele A. Brown

5 Optimal timing of delivery of placenta accreta
Carolyn Haunschild and Deirdre Lyell

6 Surgical management of placenta accreta
William M. Burke, Annette Perez-Delboy, and Jason D. Wright

7 Conservative management of placenta accreta
Loïc Sentilhes, Gilles Kayem, and Robert M. Silver

8 Role of interventional radiology in the management of abnormal placentation
Vineet K. Shrivastava, Gladys A. Ramos, and Michael P. Nageotte

9 Center of excellence for morbidly adherent placenta
Karin A. Fox, Alireza A. Shamshirsaz, and Michael A. Belfort

10 Blood management for patients with placenta accreta
Andra H. James and Evelyn Lockhart

11 Anesthetic considerations for placenta accreta
Erin Martin and Thomas Archer

About the Author

Robert M. Silver, M.D., is Co-Director of Labor and Delivery, Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Interim Chair, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.