Munro Kerr's Operative Obstetrics

Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, PhD, DSc, FRCOG, FRCS, FACOG, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) of St. George's University, London; Foundation Professor of O&G, University of Nicosia, Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London; Past President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007-2010); President: International Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (FIGO) 2012-2015; Head, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St George's University Hospital, London, UK (1997-2013). National award recipient of Knight Bachelor in the UK and Sri Lanka Ranjana in Sri Lanka for services to Medicine.

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• ContentsANTENATAL1. Human birth??Richard Greene2. Preterm labour and delivery??Jane E. Norman3. Cervical cerclage??Shane Patrick Higgins4. Antepartum haemorrhage: an overview??Alan Cameron5. Vasa praevia??Marie Anne Ledingham and Andrew Thomson6. Abruption??Fiona Nugent, Andrew Thomson7. Induction of labour??Tracey A. JohnstonLABOUR AND DELIVERY 8. Assessment and management of labour and delivery??Michael Robson9. Fetal surveillance in labour??Sabaratnam Arulkumaran10. Fetal asphyxia??Sabaratnam Arulkumaran11. Acute tocolysis??Edwin Chandraharan12. Cord prolapse??Austin Ugwumadu13. The use of oxytocin to accelerate or induce labour??Michael Robson14. Malpresentations and malposition??Michael Robson and Thomas Baskett15. Assisted vaginal delivery: an overview Stephen O'Brien, Dimitrios Siassakos and Kim Hinshaw16. Assisted vaginal delivery: non-rotational forceps and manual rotationSimon Cunningham and Kim Hinshaw17. Assisted vaginal delivery: vacuumThomas van den Akker and Kim Hinshaw18. Assisted vaginal delivery: rotational forcepsKarl Olah and Kim Hinshaw19. Shoulder dystocia??Joanna Crofts20. Breech delivery??Lawrence Impey and Anita Hedditch21. Twin and triplet delivery??Austin Ugwumadu22. Labour and delivery after previous caesarean??Michael Robson23. Uterine rupture??Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada and Donal Brennan24. Caesarean section: controversies, audit and indications??Michael Robson25. Caesarean section: procedure??Thomas Bergholt26. Caesarean section: clinical challenges??Sara Paterson-Brown27. Additional procedures at caesarean section: salpionghectomy, myomectomy, ovarian surgery and hysterectomy??Donal Brennan and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada28. Placenta praevia and the morbidly adherent placenta??Donal Brennan and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada29. Haemorrhagic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and obstetric resuscitation??Jennifer M. Walsh and Niamh Ellen Hayes30. Thromboprophylaxis in labour and delivery??Niamh Ellen Hayes and Jennifer M. Walsh31. Amniotic fluid embolism??Derek Tuffnell32. Analgesia and anaesthesia in labour and delivery??Siaghal Mac Colgáin33. Labour and delivery in high-BMI women??Dan Farine and Cynthia MaxwellPOSTPARTUM34. Postpartum haemorrhage??Andrew Weeks35. Retained placenta??Andrew Weeks36. Uterine and vaginal tamponade??Andrew Weeks37. Uterine compression sutures??Andrew Weeks38. Pelvic vessel ligation and embolization: obstetric and radiological perspective??Donal Brennan, David Paul Brophy and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada39. Lower genital tract trauma??Abdul Hameed Sultan and Bharati R. Thakar40. Acute uterine inversion??Sabaratnam Arulkumaran 41. Symphysiotomy??Priya Soma-Pillay and Robert Pattinson42. Destructive operations on the fetus??Priya Soma-Pillay and Robert PattinsonORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS43. Perinatal audit in labour and delivery - safety, consistency and quality??Michael Robson44. Competence and skills training??Timothy Draycott, Emily Hotton and Sophie Renwick