Abnormally invasive placenta and vasa previa

Find out about sessions that will address this topic, hear from Prof Salomon about the importance of this topic and supplement your learning with ISUOG education resources including video lectures, guidelines and articles.

Program - Abnormally invasive placenta and vasa previa

Saturday 17 October - AM (BST)

Full program available here.

Workshop: Step by step approach to abnormal placentation

Placenta accreta spectrum: SMFM consensus statement - Amarnath Bhide (UK)
First trimester screening for anomalies of placentation - Federico Prefumo (Italy)
Correlations between imaging, per-operative findings and pathology - Frederic Chantraine (Belgium)
Case discussion - Giuseppe Cali (Italy)
Scan demonstration: AIP - Frederic Chantraine (Belgium)

OC: Saving lives with ultrasound - details available here.

Masterclass: How to save lives with ultrasound: getting to the right diagnosis for AIP and vasa previa

What is the optimal management of AIP in 2020? - Loic Senthiles (France)
Screening for vasa previa

Hub: Debate: Should we perform MRI in case of suspicion of abnormal placentation?

Anne Elodie Millischer versus Eric Jauniaux

Hear from the experts - Abnormally invasive placenta and vasa previa

I am Prof. Laurent Salomon, Chair of the Scientific Committee. I have been leading on the development of the Abnormally invasive placenta and vasa previa program.

As obstetrical ultrasound professionals, we take pleasure in carefully and thoroughly examining developing fetuses in the maternal womb.

Every day, we strive to improve perinatal outcomes by looking for the presence of possible congenital anomalies, monitoring growth or examining fetal well-being. Beyond that, ultrasound also gives us the power to save mothers' lives!

With the aging population and the increase in the number of caesarean sections, placenta acrreta sprectrum disorders have become a common problem and it soon became apparent that their correct diagnosis should become a top priority for us. Abnormalities of cord insertion are also better recognized and vasa previa is perhaps the most relevant example of the impact that obstetric ultrasound can have on neonatal outcome.

As Chair of the Scientific Committee, it seemed useful but also necessary to me to give these pathologies an important place in our first Virtual World Congress. During the session dedicated to these anomalies we will discuss the place of the different imaging modalities, including MRI, and the latest consensus and recommendations around these pathologies. The best international experts will be gathered to help you, in your daily practice, never to miss these essential diagnosis...Join ISUOG and myself at our Virtual World Congress, 16-18 October 2020 and do attend the Abnormally invasive placenta and vasa previa sessions!"

Prof. Laurent Salomon Scientific Committee (Chair), Clinical Standards Committee, Honours Committee, Basic Training Task Force, Fetal MRI Focus Group

Supplement your learning - Abnormally invasive placenta and vasa previa

Supplement your learning with the following learning resource, including exlusively-released video content from ISUOG courses and Congresses, UOG articles and ISUOG guidelines.

Video lectures

Live scan: Abnormally invasive placenta

Watch this exclusively released lecture, delivered at ISUOG's 29th World Congress. Other resources available below.

Feb 6, 2018

Abnormally invasive placenta: The role of MRI

This lecture was delivered by Dr Anne-Élodie Millischer at ISUOG's 26th World Congress in Rome, in 2016

Nov 15, 2019

Proposal for ultrasound staging of placenta accreta spectrum disorders

ISUOG guidelines

ISUOG Consensus Statement: Pro forma for ultrasound reporting in suspected abnormally invasive placenta (AIP) an international consensus UOG: Volume 47, Issue 3, March 2016, Pages: 276-278

VISUOG articles

Placenta accreta spectrum disorders: Abnormally adherent and invasive placenta

The placenta accreta spectrum disorders include both abnormally adherent and invasive placenta. Targeted screening is essential for these disorders due to the association between low-lying or previa placenta and previous cesarean delivery. Prenatal diagnosis is possible by ultrasound.

Placenta previa

Placenta previa is diagnosed when the placenta overlies or is close to the internal cervical os, obstructing delivery. The incidence is of 5 in 1000 deliveries and it has recently increased due to the rise in cesarean deliveries. PP is associated with a higher risk of adverse maternal outcomes.

UOG articles

Cervical length and risk of antepartum bleeding in women with complete placenta previa UOG: Volume 33, Issue 2, Date: February 2009, Pages 209-212
Influence of prenatal diagnosis of abnormally invasive placenta on maternal outcome: systematic review and meta‐analysis UOG: Volume 52, Issue 3, Date: September 2018, Pages 304-309
Impact of placenta previa with placenta accreta spectrum disorder on fetal growth UOG: Volume 54, Issue 5, Date: November 2019, Pages 643 - 649

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