This document discusses surgical approaches for placenta accreta, a severe pregnancy complication characterized by abnormal invasion of the placenta into the uterine wall that carries risks of life-threatening bleeding. It describes the types of placenta accreta (accreta, increta, percreta) and increased risks for women with placenta praevia and prior cesarean sections. The definitive treatment is cesarean hysterectomy, which can be performed conventionally, with modifications like the modified cesarean hysterectomy (MCH) technique, or via a posterior retrograde abdominal approach.