Complications of pregnancy / by Edward P. Davis.

  • Davis, Edward P. (Edward Parker), 1856-1937.
Date:
1931
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Credit: Complications of pregnancy / by Edward P. Davis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    placenta prsevia in its scope, there is undoubtedly a growing tendency on the part of obstetricians to consider central placenta prsevia a valid indication for abdominal cesarean section. The writer may again refer to the analogy between pelvic ectopic pregnancy and placenta prsevia and again draw attention to the greater danger in placenta prsevia through infection, these facts in the mind of the writer strengthen the claim of cesarean section in these cases rather than weaken it. Fig. 45.—The Bag Distended after its Introduction into Fetal Sac Making Pressure against Head and Placenta. (Liepmann.) The majority of obstetricians now agree that the primiparous patient at or near term, with little softened and undilated cervix, in whom a central placenta prsevia is revealed by a sudden sharp hemorrhage, is a clear case for abdominal cesarean section. In central placenta prsevia with multiparae, there is a difference of opinion, some urging that by the use of the bag or version it is possible to deliver the patient with com¬ parative safety through the cervix and vagina. The decision to choose cesarean section in the minds of some is