ContentsANTENATAL1. Human birthMichael Robson and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran2. 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 overviewKim Hinshaw, Dimitrios Siassakos and Stephen O'Brien16. Assisted vaginal delivery: traction forcepsKim Hinshaw and Simon Cunningham17. Assisted vaginal delivery: vacuumKim Hinshaw and Thomas van den Akker18. Assisted vaginal delivery: manual and forceps rotationKim Hinshaw and Karl Olah19. 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 inversionMichael Robson and Thomas Baskett41. 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 | Munro Kerr's Operative Obstetrics by Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Paperback | Indigo Chapters