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. 2021 May;43(5):347-350.
doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1731301. Epub 2021 Jun 28.

Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorders and Cesarean Scar Pregnancy Screening: Are we Asking the Right Questions?

Conrado Milani Coutinho  1 , Laure Noel  2 , Veronica Giorgione  3 , Lígia Conceição Assef Marçal  1 , Amar Bhide  2 , Basky Thilaganathan  2   3
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Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorders and Cesarean Scar Pregnancy Screening: Are we Asking the Right Questions?

Conrado Milani Coutinho et al. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2021 May.
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The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
A. Sagittal first trimester transabdominal ultrasound image of a Cesarean scar pregnancy highlighting the “high-risk-for-placenta accreta spectrum triangle” (implantation on the lower anterior quarter of the uterus, and into the Cesarean scar niche); B. Sagittal third trimester transabdominal ultrasound image of a placenta accreta spectrum disorder on a placenta previa completely covering the cervical internal os (arrow).
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Flowchart illustrating the screening pathway for PAS starting from the mid-trimester and highlighting the importance of the implementation of two simple questions on routine scanning: (1) “is the placenta low-lying?” and (2) “did the patient have a previous cesarean section?”
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