Gynecology & Obstetrics
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Carbonaro A

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• Case Report
  Management and Time of Delivery in Asymptomatic Complete Placenta Previa: A Case Report and Review of Literature
  Author(s): Genovese F, Marilli I, Carbonaro A, Leanza V, Vizzini S, Leanza G and Pafumi C Genovese F, Marilli I, Carbonaro A, Leanza V, Vizzini S, Leanza G and Pafumi C
  
  The Authors present a case of a 40-year-old primigravida with complete placenta previa, stable and asymptomatic all throughout pregnancy, which was referred, at 34 weeks of gestation, to the high-risk ob clinic of their hospital for follow-up and delivery-plan. Placenta previa is a condition derived from an abnormal implantation of the embryo in the lower uterine segment. Risk factors for the development of placenta previa include: prior cesarean delivery, pregnancy termination, intrauterine surgery, smoking, multi-fetal gestation, increasing parity and maternal age and the rising rates of cesarean section. Usually complete placenta previa becomes symptomatic in the third trimester of pregnancy and it is associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, such as: antenatal and intra-partum hemorrhage, maternal blood transfusion and emergency hysterectomy, intra-uterine growth res.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932.1000130

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