Placenta accreta

By Jeannette Curtis; Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS

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Placenta accreta is the abnormal attachment of all or part of the placenta, which provides life support to the growing fetus, to the surface of the uterine wall.

Author:Jeannette Curtis
Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS

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Last Updated: 05/25/2007

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