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Placental Complications Associated with Asherman’s Syndrome

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The Asherman’s syndrome occurs mainly as a result of trauma to the gravid uterine cavity determining its partial or complete obliteration with the possibility of cervical canal involvement [1–4]. The development of intrauterine adhesions is associated, in approximately 90% of cases, with intrauterine curettage after pregnancy; therefore, emptying of the uterine cavity after abortion or delivery should be performed gently and preferable under ultrasonic guidance or by hysteroscopy [5].

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    Salvatore Giovanni Vitale & Federica Di Guardo

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Filippo Del Ponte” Hospital, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Antonio Simone Laganà

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Vitale, S.G., Di Guardo, F., Laganà, A.S. (2021). Placental Complications Associated with Asherman’s Syndrome. In: Manchanda, R. (eds) Intra Uterine Adhesions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4145-6_16

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