Aim: To report the outcome of pregnant women with a prior pregnancy complicated by placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders treated with resective-conservative surgery at the time of cesarean section.
Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of pregnant women treated with conservative surgery in the prior pregnancy complicated by PAS disorders. The primary outcome was spontaneous preterm birth with intact membranes or following a preterm labor rupture of the membranes before 37 weeks of gestation. Secondary outcomes were uterine rupture, need for hysterectomy due to severe ante or intrapartum maternal hemorrhage, myometrial thinning at the time of cesarean section, 5 min Apgar score, birth weight centile, and the occurrence of small for gestational age newborns. All these outcomes were observed in women with prior PAS treated with conservative resective surgery divided according to the topographical surgical classification.
Result: Pregnancies included: 89.6% (181/202) related to PAS type 1; 7.9% (16/202) related to PAS type 2, and 2.5% (5/202) related to PAS type 3. 90% of cases (162/179) (95 CI: 90.3-90.6) completed the pregnancy at term (greater than 37 weeks). The average intergenesic period was 15 months for PAS type 1 and 2 (SD 4,76) (Q1:12; Q3:19), and 18 months for PAS 3 (SD 6,56) (Q1:14; Q3:19). A few mothers presented some complications PPROM 1; premature labor 4; hypertension 2; atony 1; overweight 1; and gestational diabetes 2. The mean age was 30 years (T1), 31 years (T2), and 36 years (T3·). The uterine segment was thicker than usual except for one case of partial uterine dehiscence (twins). There were no placenta previa or PAS, a uterine atony case, and there was one case of hysterectomy by patient request.
Conclusions: Subsequent pregnancies after use of resective-reconstructive for PAS has demonstrated to have similar maternal and neonatal outcomes to typical gestation and cesarean delivery.
Keywords: Placenta accreta spectrum; conservative-reconstructive technique; one-step conservative surgery; subsequent pregnancies.