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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107
Abstract
JIMENEZ-JIMENEZ, Cesar Eduardo; NINO-GONZALEZ, Jorge Ernesto and MENESES-PARRA, Angy Lorena. Protocol for the management of percrete placenta with cesarean, uterine embolization, and deferred hysterectomy. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2022, vol.37, n.1, pp.106-114. Epub Mar 20, 2022. ISSN 2011-7582. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.945.
Introduction.
The objective of this article was to present the institutional protocol for the management of percrete placenta as a procedure several hours after cesarean section, with selective embolization of placental arteries, prior to the practice of hysterectomy, and to present the results.
Methods.
Case series study, where patients with percrete placenta were evaluated, managed for 1 year in a hospital of fourth level of complexity in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. A fundic cesarean section was performed and the placenta was left in situ, 48 to 72 hours later an ultra-selective embolization was performed, followed by an abdominal hysterectomy after 2 to 3 days.
Results.
Five patients with a diagnosis of placenta percreta were evaluated; mean wait time between embolization and hysterectomy was 1.6 days. There were no complications associated with embolization, or maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality. Average bleeding volumes during hysterectomy for each patient were 1160 ml.
Conclusion.
There are limited data on the optimal treatment of percrete placenta. Diagnostic suspicion allows for a favorable planning of intrapartum management and, for this reason, the emergence of new techniques, such as placental artery embolization, constitute alternatives for a safer management of patients.
Keywords : percrete placenta; placenta previa; retained placenta; cesarean section; hysterectomy; therapeutic embolization.