Transverse versus vertical incision in the surgical management of placenta accreta spectrum
Oberlin A, Yoh K, Overton E, Booker W, Ilagan J, Sassine D, Diggs A, Laifer-Narin S, Cimic A, Ring L, Sheikh M, St Clair C, Hou J, de Meritens A, Wright J, D'Alton M, Chang C, Mourad M, Collado F. Transverse versus vertical incision in the surgical management of placenta accreta spectrum. American Journal Of Perinatology 2024 PMID: 39566520, DOI: 10.1055/a-2479-2604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlacenta accreta spectrumPacked red blood cellsTransverse skin incisionVertical skin incisionTransverse incisionSkin incisionGeneral anesthesiaSurgical management of placenta accreta spectrumManagement of placenta accreta spectrumSeverity of placenta accreta spectrumUnits of packed red blood cellsMidline vertical skin incisionRetrospective review of patientsRate of intraoperative complicationsIncidence of surgical complicationsVertical incisionScheduled surgeryAnterior uterine wallCompare maternal outcomesReview of patientsRate of transfusionAssociated with lower conversionUterine incisionIntraoperative outcomesMaternal outcomes