For cesarean hysterectomy with placenta previa accreta, "universally achievable" measures are required. We propose eight measures: (i) placement of intra-iliac arterial occlusion balloon catheters
(ii) placement of ureter stents
(iii) "holding the cervix" to identify the site to be transected
(iv) uterine fundal incision
(v) avoidance of uterotonics
(vi) "M cross double ligation" for ligating the ovarian ligament
(vii) "filling the bladder" to identify the bladder separation site and "opening the bladder" for placenta previa accreta with bladder invasion
and (viii) to continue to clamp the medial side of the parametrium or the cervix or employment of the "double edge pick-up" to ligate it. These eight measures are simple, easy, effective, and thus "universally achievable". © 2013 The Authors Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica © 2013 Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology.