Is placenta accreta catching up with us?

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BACKGROUND: Concomitant with the increase in Caesarean birth over the past three decades there has been an apparent rise in the incidence of placenta accreta and its variants. The sequelae of an increase in the occurrence of abnormal placentation is the enhanced potential for severe maternal morbidity. AIM: To determine the contempory demographics of placenta accreta over a 5-year period in a tertiary level...

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