Life-saving ultrasound in placenta accrete

Purpose: Placenta accreta is known to be a condition which can be life threatening for the mother. A precisely performed ultrasound scan of the placenta during pregnancy can possibly save lives as precautions can be arranged in advance of an operation. We focussed on the previously described sonographic “signs” for placenta accreta to find out whether they are easy to assess and correlate with intraoperative findings. Material and methods: We analysed clinical courses of placenta accreta at the University Hospital Münster during the last few years and focused on the patients history, ultrasound images, course of…