Childbirth Trauma

Stergios K. Doumouchtsis PhD, MRCOG Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, RCOG accredited Subspecialist in Urogynaecology Honorary Senior Lecturer Lead Consultant for Childbirth Injury and Pelvic Health after Childbirth Services St George's Healthcare NHS Trust / St George's University of London, UK

“This original textbook tackled a very important public health problem and the authors must be congratulated for their didactic approach. Their work is exhausted and well-illustrated, and will be very useful for all practitioners involved in obstetrics, female urology, and pelvic floor rehabilitation.” (European Urology Today, Vol. 29 (4), August-September, 2017)

• 1. Anatomy of the Female Pelvis.- 2. Anorectal Anatomy and Physiology.- 3. Epidemiology of Childbirth Trauma and Associated Pelvic Floor Disorders.- 4. The Effect of Pregnancy on the Pelvic Floor.- 5. Mode of Delivery and Perineal Trauma.- 6. Episiotomy.- 7. Types of Pelvic Floor Injury During Childbirth.- 8. Principles of Assessment of Childbirth Injury.- 9. Management of Childbirth Injury.- 10. Further Investigations and Follow-up: Pelvic Floor Trauma Ultrasound.- 11. Childbirth and Lower Urinary Tract Complications.- 12. Childbirth Trauma and Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Complications.- 13. Healing Process and Complications.- 14. Pregnancy, Puerperium and Pelvic Organ Prolapse.- 15. Obstetric Fistula.- 16. Prediction, Risk Assessment, and Prevention of Childbirth Trauma.- 17. Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy for the Prevention and Management of Childbirth Trauma.- 18. Prognosis of Childbirth Trauma.