Oxford Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Professor Emeritus at St George's, University of London, and Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Health at Imperial College, London. His research and clinical interests are in understanding and improving the quality of life for women and new-born babies. In recognition of Services to medicine and health he was awarded the Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom in her Birthday Honours List in June 2009. He is former president of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (2012-2015), the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2007-2010) and the British Medical Association (2013-2014). Sir Arulkumaran was the editor-in-chief of 'Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology' since 1998 for 20 years and a member of the editorial board of many international obstetric and gynaecological journals. Professor William Ledger is the Head and Professor of the Discipline of Women's Health in the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, and Director of Reproductive Medicine at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia. He is a senior fertility specialist, obstetrician and gynaecologist, and was the Chair and Head of the Academic Unit for Reproductive and Developmental Medicine at the University of Sheffield, UK until 2011. Lynette Denny is Professor, Special Projects in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cape Town. Her research interest for the past 15 years has been in preventing cervical cancer in low resource settings and she has published widely on the subject. She was awarded the Distinguished Scientist for Improving the Quality of Life of Women by the South African Department of Science and Technology in 2006 and is a rated scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. She was the first recipient of the Shoprite Checkers SABC 2 Women of the Year award for Science and Technology in 2004. She was also awarded the Order of the Baobab (silver) by the President of South Africa for distinguished service to the country in November 2021. Professor Stergios Doumouchtsis is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, and RCOG accredited Subspecialist Urogynaecologist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Epsom, and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a Honorary Reader at St George's University of London, Clinical Professor at Ross University School of Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor at the American University of the Caribbean, School of Medicine and Visiting Professor at the University of Athens, Medical School. Professor Doumouchtsis has been a member of several national and international scientific and professional committees, working groups and professional societies. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, over 40 book chapters and has edited or co-edited 3 medical books. Professor Doumouchtsis has participated as a member of organising and scientific committees and as an invited speaker and chairman in national and international conferences.

Section 1: Basics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1: Stergios Doumouchtsis: Basic science in obstetrics and gynaecology
2: Frank A. Chervenak and Laurence B. McCullough: Ethics in obstetrics and gynaecology
3: Thomas Ind: Clinical anatomy of the pelvis and the reproductive organs
4: Adonis Ioannides: Genetics for the obstetrician and gynaecologist
5: Leroy Edozien: Clinical governance
6: Carmen Binding and Mahantesh Karoshi: Preconceptional medicine
7: Tahir Mahmood: Obesity in obstetrics and gynaecology practice
Section 2: Fetomaternal Medicine
8: Nicola Vousden and Andrew H. Shennan: Maternal physiology
9: Eric Jauniaux, Amarnath Bhide, and Graham J. Burton: The placenta
10: Jane E. Hirst and Aris T. Papageorghiou: Fetal Growth
11: Ana Piñas Carrillo and Amar Bhide: Prenatal diagnosis
12: Philip Steer: Cardiac disease in pregnancy
13: Michael Permezel and Alexis Shub: Diabetes in pregnancy
14: David Williams: Renal disease in pregnancy
15: Amanda Ali and Hassan Shehata: Haematological disorders in pregnancy
16: Ian A. Greer: Thrombosis and embolism in pregnancy
17: Austin Ugwumadu: Infections and immunisation in pregnancy
18: Arianna Di Florio and Ian Jones: Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy
19: Caitriona Monaghan and Basky Thilaganathan: Fetal therapy
20: Surabhi Nanda and James P. Neilson: Multiple pregnancy
21: Laura A. Magee and Peter von Dadelszen: Hypertensionby
22: Gbemisola Okunoye and Justin C. Konje: Antepartum haemorrhage
23: Catherine Williamson: Endocrine and liver diseases in pregnancy
24: Judith Wagner and Tim J. von Oertzen: Neurological disorders in pregnancy
25: Catherine Nelson-Piercy and Stephen Lapinsky: Respiratory disorders in pregnancy
Section 3: Management of Labour
26: Devendra Kanagalingam: The management of labour
27: Vikram Sinai Talauliker and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran: Fetal monitoring during labour
28: Sohail Bampoe and Anthony Addei: Obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia
29: Kiren Ghag, Cathy Winter, and Tim Draycott: Obstetric emergencies
30: Angharad Care and Zarko Alfirevic: Preterm labour
31: Kate F. Walker and Jim G. Thornton: Prolonged pregnancy
32: Deirdre J. Murphy: Malpresentation, malposition, and cephalopelvic disproportion
33: Yvonne Kwun Yue Cheng and Tak Yeung Leung: Obstetric procedure
34: David A. Ellwood and Vicki Flenady: Stillbirth
35: Stephen J. Robson: Postpartum care and problems in the puerperium
36: Andrew Weeks and Julia P. Polk: Induction of labor
Section 4: Neonatal Care and Neonatal Problems
37: Vimal Vasu and Neena Modi: Neonatal care and neonatal problems
Section 5: Gynaecological Problems and Early Pregnancy Loss
38: Vikram Sinai Talaulikar and Mushi Matjila: Miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage
39: Mayank Madhra and Andrew W. Horne: Ectopic pregnancy
40: Lucy H.R. Whitaker, Karolina Skorupskaite, Jacqueline A. Maybin, and Hilary O.D. Critchley: The menstrual cycle
41: Ian S. Fraser and Marina Berbic: Menstrual disorders, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhoea
42: Zhongwei Huang and Eu Leong Yong: Polycystic ovary syndrome
43: Gillian Dean and Jonathan Ross: Pelvic inflammatory disease
44: Jacqueline Pui Wah Chung and Tin Chiu Li: Chronic pelvic pain
45: Arne Vanhie and Thomas D'Hooghe: Endometriosis
46: Jenifer Sassarini and Mary Ann Lumsden: Menopause
Section 6: Surgical Procedures and Postoperative Care
47: Stephanie S. Anduriputri, Stephen D. Lyons and Jason A. Abbott: Laparoscopy
48: O.A. O'Donovan and Peter J. O'Donovan: Hysteroscopy
Section 7: Benign Disease of the Uterus
49: Sahana Gupta and Isaac Manyonda: Benign disease of the uterus
Section 8: Benign Disease of the Vulva
50: Rosalind Simpson and David Nunns: Benign disease of the vulva
Section 9: Reproductive Medicine
51: Siladitya Bhattacharya Smriti Bhatta: Infertility
52: William Ledger: Assisted reproduction
Section 10: Sexual and Reproductive
53: Zephne M. van der Spuy and Petrus S. Steyn: Contraception
54: Hang Wu Raymond Li and Pak Chung Ho: Termination of pregnancy
55: Tonye Wokoma and Stephen Lindow: Violence against women and girls
Section 11: Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders
56: Suneetha Rachaneni, Anupreet Dua, and Robert Freeman: Pelvic organ prolapse
57: Jay Iyer and Ajay Rane: Urinary incontinence
58: Karen Nugent: Faecal incontinence and anorectal dysfunction
59: Stergios Doumouchtsis: Childbirth trauma
60: Ganesh Adaikan: Female sexual dysfunction
Section 12: Gynaecological Oncology
61: Lynette Denny and Rengaswamy Sankaranarayan: Cancer screening and prevention in gynaecology
62: Walter Prendiville: Premalignant and malignant disease of the cervix
63: Nomonde H. Mbatani and Dominic G.D. Richards: Uterine cancer
64: Jonathan A. Ledermann and Christina Fotopoulou: Ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneum cancer
65: Linda Rogers, Maaike Oonk, and Ate van der Zee: Premalignant and malignant disease of the vulva and vagina
66: Hextan Y.S. Ngan, Karen K.L. Chan, and Siew-Fei Ngu: Gestational trophoblastic tumours
67: Stephanie Lheureux and Amit M. Oza: Chemotherapy and biological, targeted, and immune therapies in gynaecological cancers
68: Anthony Fyles, Anuja Jhingran, David Gaffney, Dustin Boothe, Marco Carlone, and Tim Craig: Radiation therapy in the management of gynaecological cancers
69: Joanna M. Cain and Shelley M. Kibel: Palliative care
70: Jaime Prat: Pathology of tumours of the female genital tract
71: Andy Nordin and Manas Chakrabarti: Premalignant disease of the genital tract in pregnancy
72: Matthys Hendrik Botha: Cancer in Pregnancy