Summary:
Published every two years, Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, gives the busy consultant the best and most up to date recommendations on patient care. Focusing on important areas of clinical practice, this book helps consultants and specialist registrars to keep abreast with main developments in obstetrics and gynaecology. The contributors are recognised experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of their areas with 'key points for clinical practice'.

• Forming part of the successful and well established Recent Advances series

• Provides the busy consultant with the best and most up-to-date recommendations on patient care

• Focusses on important aspects of clinical practice and will assist consultants and specialist registrars to keep abreast of main developments in obstetrics and gynaecology

• Deals with many current topics of interest and will be invaluable to candidates preparing for specialist examinations in obstetrics and gynaecology

• Contributors are recognised experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of their areas with 'key points for clinical practice'

Table of Contents:
SECTION ONE: Obstetrics
1. Antenatal screening for Down’s syndrome; Stephen Ong, Martin Whittle
2. Preterm labour: prediction and treatment; Honest Honest, Khalid S. Khan
3. Preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes; Penny C. McParland, David J. Taylor
4. Dysfunctional labour; Mark Tattersall, Siobhan Quenby
5. Domestic violence: opportunities for effective responses in maternity services; Loraine Bacchus, Susan Bewley
6. Group B streptococcus in pregnancy; Peter Brocklehurst, Sara Kenyon
7. Place of birth: evidence for best practice; Otto P. Bleker, Leonie A.M. van der Hulst, Martine Eskes, Gouke J. Bonsel
8. Confidential Enquiries: learning lessons in maternal and perinatal health; Mary C.M. Macintosh
9. Risk management in obstetrics; James Walker
SECTION TWO: Gynaecology
10. Deciding on the appropriate surgery for stress incontinence; Lucia M. Dolan, Paul Hilton
11. What’s new in polycystic ovary syndrome? Adam H. Balen, Martin R. Glass
12. Update on endometrial ablation; Michael J. Gannon, Peter O’Donovan
13. Total or subtotal hysterectomy – what is the evidence?
Helga Gimbel;
14. Pelvic imaging of endometriosis; Gormlaith C. Hargaden, Mary Keogan
15. Surgery for advanced endometriosis; Enda McVeigh, Philippe R. Koninckx
16. Emergency contraception: a global overview among potential users; Deborah N. P. Haggai
SECTION THREE: Gynaecological Oncology
17. Diagnosis and management of pre-invasive cervical glandular neoplasia; Alaa A. El-Ghobashy, C. Simon Herrington
18. Recent advances in the surgical management of cervical cancer; M. Hannemann, J. Bailey, J. Murdoch
19. Overview of ovarian cancer screening; Adam N. Rosenthal, Ian Jacobs

About the Author(s):

John Bonnar MA MD(Hons) FRCOG FRCPI
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Trinity College, University of Dublin; Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

William Dunlop PhD FRCSEd FRCOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Surgical and Reproductive Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Contributors:
Loraine Bacchus BSc MA PhD Research Associate, Kings College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Women’s Health Academic Unit, St Thomas’s Hospital, London, UK Jo Bailey FRCS(Ed) MRCOG Subspecialty Trainee in Gynaecological Oncology, Directorate of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and ENT, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol, UK Adam H. Balen MD FRCOG Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, The General Infirmary, Leeds, UK Susan Bewley MB BS MA MD FRCOG Consultant Obstetrician/Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women’s Services Directorate, St Thomas’s Hospital, London, UK Otto P. Bleker MD PhD FRCOG Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gouke J. Bonsel MD PhD Profe

Readership:
Trainees undertaking the MRCOG examination, trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, specialist registrars and consultants

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