The placenta usually separates easily from the uterine wall once the infant is delivered. There are exceptions to this, and those exceptions are known as placenta accrete, increta, and percreta. Placenta accreta attaches itself to the myometrium (uterine muscle), but...
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Normally, the placenta will have a naturally occurring cleavage plane that separates it from the uterine wall. This allows for easy removal or expulsion of the placenta following a delivery either vaginally or by cesarean section. In roughly one out...
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