Placental location in pregnancies following Cesarean section

✍ Scribed by John C. Hisley; Caroline Mangum

• Book ID: 102330499
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 134 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870100904

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Ultrasonic placentography^1–4^ was used to compare placental location in patients who had undergone previous Cesarean sections with those who had had vaginal deliveries. Results indicated that: (1) placental location was not influenced by existing uterine scars; (2) anterior uterine wall implantations occur with sufficient frequency (35%) to warrant ultrasonic placentography prior to third trimester amniocentesis for fetal maturity studies; and (3) lower anterior uterine segment implantations occur with sufficient frequency (8%) to warrant ultrasonic placentography prior to surgical entry of the lower uterine segment.