Jauniaux, E; Dimitrova, I; Kenyon, N; Mhallem, M; Kametas, NA; Zosmer, N; Hubinont, C; ... Collins, SL; + view all Jauniaux, E; Dimitrova, I; Kenyon, N; Mhallem, M; Kametas, NA; Zosmer, N; Hubinont, C; Nicolaides, KH; Collins, SL; - view fewer (2019) Impact of placenta previa with placenta accreta spectrum disorder on fetal growth. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology , 54 (5) pp. 643-649. 10.1002/uog.20244.

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Objectives: To evaluate fetal growth in pregnancies complicated by placenta previa with or without placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorder, compared with in pregnancies with a low‐lying placenta. / Methods: This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of singleton pregnancies complicated by placenta previa with or without PAS disorder, for which maternal characteristics, ultrasound‐estimated fetal weight and birth weight were available. Four maternal–fetal medicine units participated in data collection of diagnosis, treatment and outcome. The control group comprised singleton pregnancies with a low‐lying placenta (0.5–2 cm from the internal os). The diagnosis of PAS and depth of invasion were confirmed at delivery using both a predefined clinical grading score and histopathological examination. For comparison of pregnancy characteristics and fetal growth parameters, the study groups were matched for smoking status, ethnic origin, fetal sex and gestational age at delivery. / Results: The study included 82 women with placenta previa with PAS disorder, subdivided into adherent (n = 35) and invasive (n = 47) PAS subgroups, and 146 women with placenta previa without PAS disorder. There were 64 controls with a low‐lying placenta. There was no significant difference in the incidence of small‐for‐gestational age (SGA) (birth weight ≤ 10th percentile) and large‐for‐gestational age (LGA) (birth weight ≥ 90th percentile) between the study groups. Median gestational age at diagnosis was significantly lower in pregnancies with placenta previa without PAS disorder than in the low‐lying placenta group (P = 0.002). No significant difference was found between pregnancies complicated by placenta previa with PAS disorder and those without for any of the variables. Median estimated fetal weight percentile was significantly lower in the adherent compared with the invasive previa–PAS subgroup (P = 0.047). Actual birth weight percentile at delivery did not differ significantly between the subgroups (P = 0.804). / Conclusions: No difference was seen in fetal growth in pregnancies complicated by placenta previa with PAS disorder compared with those without and compared with those with a low‐lying placenta. There was also no increased incidence of either SGA or LGA neonates in pregnancies with placenta previa and PAS disorder compared with those with placenta previa with spontaneous separation of the placenta at birth. Adverse neonatal outcome in pregnancies complicated by placenta previa and PAS disorder is linked to premature delivery and not to impaired fetal growth.

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