Abstract
1.1. Forty-six placentas of premature infants were studied with a phase-contrast microscope.2.2. Placentas were divided into three types: normal as per gestational age, termlike, and pathologic. The infant outcome was related to these three groups.3.3. The pathology of the placenta appears to be a more reliable approach when judging a premature prognosis, since 100 per cent of the perinatal mortality was reflected in some pathologic finding in the placenta, while there was no mortality in the first two placental types, regardless of gestational age or birth weight.4.4. A different concept of “fetal maturity” is suggested, which does not rely on weight at birth or gestational age.5.5. Placental biopsy offers an excellent and innocuous method of evaluating the premature fetus in utero.
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