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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• ANTENATAL1. Human birthRichard Greene2. Preterm labour and deliveryJane E. Norman3. Cervical cerclageShane Patrick Higgins4. Antepartum haemorrhage: an overviewAlan Cameron5. Vasa praeviaMarie Anne Ledingham and Andrew Thomson6. AbruptionFiona Nugent, Andrew Thomson7. Induction of labourTracey A. JohnstonLABOUR AND DELIVERY8. Assessment and management of labour and deliveryMichael Robson9. Fetal surveillance in labourSabaratnam Arulkumaran10. Fetal asphyxiaSabaratnam Arulkumaran11. Acute tocolysisEdwin Chandraharan12. Cord prolapseAustin Ugwumadu13. The use of oxytocin to accelerate or induce labourMichael Robson14. Malpresentations and malpositionMichael 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 dystociaJoanna Crofts20. Breech deliveryLawrence Impey and Anita Hedditch21. Twin and triplet deliveryAustin Ugwumadu22. Labour and delivery after previous caesareanMichael Robson23. Uterine ruptureJose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada and Donal Brennan24. Caesarean section: controversies, audit and indicationsMichael Robson25. Caesarean section: procedureThomas Bergholt26. Caesarean section: clinical challengesSara Paterson-Brown27. Additional procedures at caesarean section: salpionghectomy, myomectomy, ovarian surgery and hysterectomyDonal Brennan and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada28. Placenta praevia and the morbidly adherent placentaDonal Brennan and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada29. Haemorrhagic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and obstetric resuscitationJennifer M. Walsh and Niamh Ellen Hayes30. Thromboprophylaxis in labour and deliveryNiamh Ellen Hayes and Jennifer M. Walsh31. Amniotic fluid embolismDerek Tuffnell32. Analgesia and anaesthesia in labour and deliverySiaghal Mac Colgáin33. Labour and delivery in high-BMI womenDan Farine and Cynthia MaxwellPOSTPARTUM34. Postpartum haemorrhageAndrew Weeks35. Retained placentaAndrew Weeks36. Uterine and vaginal tamponadeAndrew Weeks37. Uterine compression suturesAndrew Weeks38. Pelvic vessel ligation and embolization: obstetric and radiological perspectiveDonal Brennan, David Paul Brophy and Jose Miguel Palacios-Jaraquemada39. Lower genital tract traumaAbdul Hameed Sultan and Bharati R. Thakar40. Acute uterine inversionSabaratnam Arulkumaran41. SymphysiotomyPriya Soma-Pillay and Robert Pattinson42. Destructive operations on the fetusPriya Soma-Pillay and Robert PattinsonORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS43. Perinatal audit in labour and delivery - safety, consistency and qualityMichael Robson44. Competence and skills trainingTimothy Draycott, Emily Hotton and Sophie Renwick