Unless a patient has indicated otherwise, placentae will be treated by hospitals as clinical waste and it is for health boards to decide on the appropriate arrangements for disposal.
Information on the disposal of placentae is not held centrally.
Trisomic placentae demonstrate immaturity and hydropic change and it is suggested that the passage of fetal cells across such placentae is made easier as a result of this.
Placentae were also retained from some litters and extracted as above.
Pathological changes were virtually absent in the kidneys and placentae of the control animals.
Through close implantation, the two placentae, as they grow, may fuse to form an apparently single disc.
Risk factors for abruptio placentae and eclampsia: analysis of 445 consecutively managed women with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia.
These lesions were absent in the placentae obtained from five normal pregnant rabbits.
