Dr. Guntupalli talked to CBS4 about treating a mother of three’s placenta percreta
A mother and her baby boy survived this life-threatening pregnancy condition thanks to Dr. Saketh Guntupalli and others at the University of Colorado Hospital. Experts believe scarring from multiple C-sections increases the risk of placenta percreta.
Guntupalli, Director of the UCHealth Placenta Accreta Response Team, explained that Maya Fieweger had placenta percreta, in which the placenta had grown through the wall of the uterus. Placenta percreta is the most serious form of three life-threatening problems grouped under the umbrella of placenta accreta. Guntupalli has treated 54 cases in five years.
Maya’s was one of the worst. Hers was invading outside the uterus and actually into the back of the bladder.
Dr. Saketh Guntupalli