33Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Dharmintra Pasupathy Department of Women and Children’s School of Life Course Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK Background John Last in the Dictionary of Epidemiology defines…
35Normal and Abnormal Development of the Genital Tract D. Keith Edmonds1,2 1 Imperial College London, London, UK 2 Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK Sexual differentiation and its control…
28Preterm Labour Phillip Bennett Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK Epidemiology Definitions Preterm birth is defined as delivery of a…
37Ambulatory Gynaecology, Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy T. Justin Clark1,2 and Lynne L.L. Robinson1 1 Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK 2 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Endoscopic surgery is now…
53Endometriosis Neil P. Johnson1,2,3 1 Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 2 University of Auckland and Repromed Auckland and Auckland Gynaecology Group, Auckland, New Zealand 3 World Entometriosis…
60Malignant Disease of the Vulva and the Vagina David M. Luesley1,2 1 Division of Reproductive and Child Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2 Birmingham Women’s Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham,…
64Sexually Transmitted Infections Peter Greenhouse Bristol Sexual Health Centre, Bristol, UK Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) make a substantial and often under‐appreciated contribution to gynaecological and obstetric morbidity, because their covert…
26Malpresentation, Malposition, Cephalopelvic Disproportion and Obstetric Procedures Kim Hinshaw1,2 and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran3 1 Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK 2 University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK 3 St George’s University of London,…
25Obstetric Emergencies Sara Paterson‐Brown1 and Timothy J. Draycott2 1 Queen Charlotte’s Hospital Imperial NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Women’s Health, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK This chapter details how…
