Summary:
Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 24 is the latest volume in the internationally successful and well-established Recent Advances series. Published every two years, Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology provides the busy consultant with 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 the 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'. It is also an invaluable resource to candidates preparing for specialists examinations in obstetrics and gynaecology.

• 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 assists Consultants and Specialist Registrars in keeping abreast of the main developments in obstetrics and gynaecology

• Addresses 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 provide in-depth reviews with 'key points for clinical practice'

Table of Contents:
1. Fetal problems associated with recreational drugs - Alastair McKelvey, Charles Rodeck
2. HIV and pregnancy – the African perspective - James A. McIntyre
3. Management of gestational diabetes - Robert Fraser
4. Abnormalities of the fetal urinary tract - Susana Aguilera, Peter Soothill
5. Causes and management of suspected fetal macrosomia - Alaa El-Ghobashy, Wan Haw, Chris Brewer, Derek Tuffnell
6. Operative vaginal delivery – a dying art? - Jennifer Walsh, Deirdre J. Murphy
7. Postpartum haemorrhage: changing practices - Stergios K. Doumouchtsis, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
8. The management of shock in obstetric patients - David Shepherd, Ophelia Ziwenga
9. Risk management in obstetrics and gynaecology - Norbert Pateisky
10. Management of trophoblastic disease - Jane Hook, Michael Seckl
11. Anti-Müllerian hormone: relevance in male and female infertility - Malathy Appasamy, Shanthi Muttukrishna
12. Magnetic resonance guided thermal ablation therapy for uterine fibroids - Sue Zaher, Lesley Regan
13. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: current status and future prospects - Francesco Fiorentino, Marina Baldi
14. Recurrent miscarriage - Alka Prakash, William L. Ledger
15. Evidence-based management of endometriosis - Gaity Ahmad, Andrew J.S. Watson
16. Laparoscopic ovarian surgery for polycystic ovarian syndrome - Saad A.K. Amer
17. Postmenopausal bleeding - Tom O’Gorman, Tony Hollingworth
18. Insulin resistance and polycystic ovary syndrome - Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Stephen L. Atkin

About the Author(s):

William Dunlop PhD FRCSEd FRCOG
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

William L Ledger MA DPhil FRCOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Head of Department, Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Contributors:
Susana Aguilera MBBS Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chile; and Clinical Research Fellow, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Bristol, UK Gaity Ahmad MRCOG Specialist Registrar, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK Saad A.K. Amer MBChB MSc MD MRCOG Associate Professor and Consultant Gynaecologist, University of Nottingham, Derby City General Hospital, Derby, UK Malathy Appasamy MRCOG Clinical Research Fellow, UCL Institute forWomen’s Health, University College London, London, UK Sabaratnam Arulkumaran PhD FRCOG Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George’s Hospital, University of London, London, UK Stephen L. Atkin PhD FRCP Professor in Diabetes and Enocrinology, The Michael White Ce

Readership:
Trainees and candidates preparing for specialist examinations in obstetrics and gynaecology, specialists practising in this field