On June 13, Quang Tri Provincial General Hospital said that doctors had just successfully operated on a complex placenta, helping the pregnant woman safely give birth and preserve the uterus, which is very difficult to do with this dangerous obstetric complication.
Pregnant woman N.T. H. (31 years old, residing in A Doi commune, Quang Tri province) is pregnant for the third time at 38 weeks. Through examination, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), doctors determined that the patient had invasive placenta previa, implant placenta, transverse fetus with mild anemia.
This is a particularly dangerous obstetric complication when the placenta is deeply attached to the uterine muscle layer, which can cause severe hemorrhage, blood loss shock, multiple organ failure and threaten the lives of both mother and fetus. Previously, many similar cases required hysterectomy to stop the bleeding.
Before the complicated case, the hospital organized an inter-specialized consultation between the Departments of Obstetrics, Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Hematology - Blood Transfusion, General Surgery and Pediatrics to develop an optimal surgical plan, and at the same time prepare enough blood, medicine and resuscitation facilities.
After about 90 minutes of surgery, despite facing many difficulties due to the placenta encroaching on the entire front of the uterus and the situation of a lot of adhesions after previous surgeries, the medical team safely removed the fetus, controlled bleeding well, successfully treated the implanted placenta and preserved the uterus for the pregnant woman.
Ms. N.T. H shared that when she was informed of placental abruption at the 38th week of pregnancy, she was very confused and worried. When the surgery was successful, mother and child were safe and the uterus was preserved, her family was extremely touched and grateful to the doctors and nurses.
According to doctors of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, after an imaging evaluation and inter-specialized consultation, the patient was identified as belonging to the type 1 straightening placenta, increta type, suitable for applying the Moscus uterus conservation method developed by Tu Du Hospital.
