Termination of a second-trimester pregnancy with placenta accreta spectrum disorder

Figures & data

Figure 1. Comparison of termination types.

Figure 2. Comparison of preprocessing procedures.

Table 1. Comparison of vaginal termination and cesarean section groups.

	Transvaginal termination (n = 20)	Cesarean section (n = 28)	P
Age (years)	32.15 ± 5.21	34.21 ± 5.67	0.21
Gestational age (weeks)	20.28 ± 4.50	23.33 ± 3.96	0.02
Gravidity (n)	4.20 ± 1.74	4.14 ± 1.74	0.91
Parity (n)	0.95 ± 0.83	1.21 ± 0.74	0.25
(Previous) cesarean section times (n)	0.65 ± 0.67	1.11 ± 0.79	0.04
Number of years since the previous cesarean section (years)	5.58 ± 4.32	6.09 ± 5.06	0.77
Preprocessing artery embolization	8 (40.00%)	9 (32.14%)	0.58
Hospitalization (days)	8.40 ± 2.89	10.36 ± 4.52	1.00
In-hospital cost (yuan)	26632.84 ± 19120.15	36820.51 ± 22902.88	0.11
Blood loss (ml)	349.47 ± 342.37	932.14 ± 940.86	0.01
Success rate (first treatment)	16 (80.00%)	26 (92.86%)	0.38*
Postoperative infection	1 (5.00%)	2 (7.14%)	1.00*
Hysterectomy	0	2 (7.14%)	0.51**

*Continuity correction χ2-test, **Fisher’s exact probability test, others: t test or χ2-test.

Table 2. Comparison of artery embolization and non-artery embolization groups.

	Artery embolization group (n = 17)	Non-artery embolization group (n = 31)	P
Age (years)	34.24 ± 4.25	32.87 ± 6.12	0.42
Gestational age(weeks)	20.34 ± 4.66	23.00 ± 4.05	0.045
Gravidity (n)	4.59 ± 1.80	3.94 ± 1.65	0.21
Parity (n)	1.41 ± 0.62	0.94 ± 0.81	0.04
(Previous) cesarean section times (n)	1.12 ± 0.60	0.80 ± 0.83	0.18
Number of years since the previous cesarean section (years)	5.33 ± 4.30	6.35 ± 5.14	0.54
Cesarean section (n)/Vaginal termination (n)	9 (52.94%)/8 (47.06%)	19 (61.29%)/12 (38.71%)	0.58
Hospital stay (days)	8.82 ± 3.40	9.94 ± 4.30	0.36
In-hospital cost (yuan)	32845.66 ± 11554.56	32427.58 ± 25936.77	0.95
Blood loss (ml)	512.35 ± 727.00	804.00 ± 838.98	0.23
Success treatment	16 (94.12%)	28 (90.32%)	1.00*
Postoperative infection	1 (5.88%)	2 (6.45%)	1.00*
Hysterectomy	0	2 (6.45%)	0.53**

*Continuity correction χ2-test, **Fisher’s exact probability test, others: t test or χ2-test.

Table 3. Comparison of artery embolization in vaginal termination groups.

	Artery embolization (n = 8)	Non-artery embolization (n = 12)	P
Gestational age (weeks)	16.70 ± 3.12	22.67 ± 3.63	0.00
Hospital stay (days)	8.12 ± 2.64	8.58 ± 3.15	0.74
In-hospital cost (yuan)	26134.60 ± 6509.68	26965.00 ± 24580.26	0.92
Blood loss (ml)	165.00 ± 274.43	483.64 ± 333.53	0.04
Success treatment	7 (87.50%)	9 (75.00%)	0.62**
Postoperative infection	1 (12.50%)	0	0.40**
Hysterectomy	0	0	-

**Fisher’s exact probability test, others: t test or χ2-test.

Table 4. Comparison of artery embolization in cesarean section groups.

	Artery embolization (n = 9)	Non-artery embolization (n = 19)	P
Gestational age (weeks)	23.59 ± 3.14	23.20 ± 4.37	0.79
Grade 3	6 (66.67%)	10 (52.63%)	0.69**
Hospital stay (days)	9.44 ± 4.00	10.79 ± 4.78	0.47
In-hospital cost (yuan)	38811.05 ± 12035.96	35877.63 ± 26823.67	0.76
Blood loss (ml)	811.11 ± 879.55	989.47 ± 986.52	0.76
Success treatment	9 (100.00%)	17 (89.47%)	1.00**
Postoperative infection	0	2 (10.53%)	1.00**
Hysterectomy	0	2 (10.53%)	1.00**

**Fisher’s exact probability test, others: t test or χ2-test.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.