Opportunities for, and barriers to, uterus-preserving surgical techniques for placenta accreta spectrum.
Alexander PapingAnja BluthAmmar Al NaimiMina Mhallem GziriMagdalena L KolakAndrzej Piotr JaworowskiHubert K HurasMaddalena MorlandoGeorgios DaskalakisPedro Viana PintoLoic SentilhesHeleen van BeekhuizenVedran StefanovicKarin Anneliese FoxOlivier MorelCharline BertholdtThorsten Braunnull nullPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2024)
Uterus-preserving treatment strategies such as focal resection appear to be safe alternatives to peripartum hysterectomy. However, less than half of the IS-PAS centers perform them. Acceptance of conservative treatments could be increased by standardized criteria for their implementation and by systematic training for PAS experts.