Placental location site and adverse antepartum pregnancy complications: a meta-analysis and review of the literature.

Purpose: The purpose to the study was to determine the relationship, if any, between the placental location site and antepartum complications of pregnancy.

Methods: A University research librarian conducted a comprehensive literature search using the search engines PubMed and Web of Science. The search terms were "placental location" AND "pregnancy complications" OR "perinatal complications.