Opinion: Integration of diagnostic and management perspectives for placenta accreta

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 578-587

  Welsh, Alec W ^a   Ellwood, David ^b   Carter, Jonathan ^c   Peduto, Anthony J ^d   Vedelago, John ^c   Bennett, Michael ^e  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Peripartum hysterectomy; Placenta accreta; Placental magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 73449121484     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01088.x     Document Type: Review

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