Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used to be extremely rare.
But once she was on the operating table, doctors at Piedmont Rockdale Hospital, near Atlanta, found a big problem: Ms. Baumstark’s placenta had fused with scar tissue left on her uterus from the previous surgery, a dangerous complication known as pla... [6354 chars]