Retained placenta after vaginal delivery is diagnosed when a placenta does not spontaneously deliver within a designated amount of time, ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListIntJWomensHealthv.11;2019PMC6789409IntJWomensHealth.2019;11:527–534.Publishedonline2019Oct7.doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S218933PMCID:PMC6789409PMID:31632157Retainedplacentaaftervaginaldelivery:riskfactorsandmanagementNicolaCPerlman1andDanielaACarusi1NicolaCPerlman1DepartmentofObstetricsandGynecology,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,MA,USAFindarticlesbyNicolaCPerlmanDanielaACarusi1DepartmentofObstetricsandGynecology,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,MA,USAFindarticlesbyDanielaACarusiAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofObstetricsandGynecology,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,MA,USACorrespondence:DanielaACarusiDepartmentofObstetricsandGynecology,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,75FrancisSt,Boston,MA,02115,USA,Phone:Tel+16177325452,Fax:Fax+16172326346,[email protected];Accepted2019Sep2.Copyright©2019PerlmanandCarusi.ThisworkispublishedandlicensedbyDoveMedicalPressLimited.Thefulltermsofthislicenseareavailableathttps://www.dovepress.com/terms.phpandincorporatetheCreativeCommonsAttribution–NonCommercial(unported,v3.0)License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).ByaccessingtheworkyouherebyaccepttheTerms.Non-commercialusesoftheworkarepermittedwithoutanyfurtherpermissionfromDoveMedicalPressLimited,providedtheworkisproperlyattributed.Forpermissionforcommercialuseofthiswork,pleaseseeparagraphs4.2and5ofourTerms(https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Retainedplacentaaftervaginaldeliveryisdiagnosedwhenaplacentadoesnotspontaneouslydeliverwithinadesignatedamountoftime,variablydefinedasaperiodof18–60mins.Itmayalsobediagnosedifapatientexperiencessignific