It was clear to the editors of this book that the use of ultrasound imaging in gynaecology goes well beyond simple picture recognition. A skilful gynaecological sonographer will bring together scan findings and the clinical scenario to enhance patient care. The editors believe this leads to targeted investigations and, just as importantly, to strategies for non-intervention. This book covers all aspects of the use of ultrasound and also includes chapters on clinical gynaecology, to assist in making the best possible use of the technology.
Just as one could never imagine a cardiologist without a stethoscope, the editors find it impossible to imagine a gynaecologist without an ultrasound scanner. They celebrate this evolution in our clinical practice and hope that this book helps many others to follow.
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Green-top Guideline CompendiumRoyal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Publication Date: 2009 Retail Price: £20.00 ISBN: 978-1-906985-12-7 Extent: 491 pages |
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A compendium of all College Green-top guidelines currently available. This volume contains best practice standards in obstetrics and gynaecology, produced under the direction of the RCOG Guidelines Committee.
This book is not currently available. A new edition is planned for March or April 2010.
Ambulatory Gynaecology – a new concept in the treatment of womenKevin Jones (Editor) Publication Date: April 2008 Retail Price: £32.00 ISBN: 978-1-904752-34-9 Extent: 124 pages |
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Ambulatory gynaecology may be an unfamiliar term to many gynaecologists working outside the USA. However, the term is increasingly being adopted in the UK to describe a ‘see and treat’ management philosophy in outpatient clinics in combination with minimal access surgery in the day surgery unit. In recent years, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in collaboration with the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy has run scientific meetings dedicated to ‘ambulatory gynaecology’. The adoption of the concept by international and national societies will help promote the management philosophy. This move is timely because a change from traditional care pathways to more cost-effective, patient-centred approaches to medical practice lies at the heart of modern health service management. In light of this we decided to produce a book that sets out how the concept of ambulatory gynaecology can be applied to the main areas of gynaecological practice.
It is hoped that after reading this book the reader will be stimulated to challenge the more traditional models of service delivery in gynaecological practice.
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This book addresses questions asked by experienced family planning clinicians when answers could not readily be found in standard texts. The questions and answers summarised here are based on the first 1000 enquiries from Faculty members received by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care (FFPRHC).
This means that the book is an essential first point of reference when faced with a clinical dilemma. It is an essential volume for all practitioners in the field, who may ‘enquire within’ when faced with a dilemma in practice relating to a rare condition or a contentious issue and find an authoritative answer.
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This Report, the sixth of the series of triennial reports, covers maternal deaths for the UK in the period 2000–02 and is the first to be produced under the auspices of CEMACH (Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health). The methodology used for its preparation has followed the same pattern as previous Reports.
The Enquiry Reports have played an important part in the reduction in deaths attributable to pregnancy since 1952. A pregnant woman in the UK today faces less than a 1 in 19,020 risk of dying from obstetric complications directly related to the pregnant state. This is a remarkable 12-fold improvement when compared with 50 years ago.
This report and the summaries that accompany it can be downloaded from the CEMACH website
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To reflect the needs of all potential forensic examiners, the book has a multidisciplinary basis and has been designed on two levels. To assist the doctor with little or no knowledge on the subject, part of each chapter is devoted to an explanation of the relevant facts. Each topic covered has areas of debate and some of the controversies are explored in the second part of each chapter, subtitled ‘the dilemmas’, where we have endeavoured to provide a stimulus for discussion. The aim of this book is to be of interest to both the experts and the newcomer to the subject.
The book includes the most up to date information, including the very recent changes to the laws relating to sexual offences. Differences between the new Sexual Offences Act 2003, which comes into force in May 2004, and previous legislation are included in a chapter by a senior QC. This book will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the care of women who have suffered sexual assault, from doctors and police forensic teams to those in the legal profession who need to know more about the care of women complainants.
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Endometriosis
Christopher Sutton and Kevin Jones Publication Date: May 2004 Retail Price: £6.00 ISBN: 978-1-900364-87-4 Extent: 66 pages |
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Endometriosis is an increasingly common gynaecological disorder. It is a disease that affects a huge number of women throughout the world and it has been estimated that between 1% and 15% of women who are examined for pelvic pain and infertility may have endometriosis. The true prevalence of this disease is unknown because the diagnosis can only be made with any accuracy by laparoscopic examination of the pelvis. With the worldwide increase in the use of laparoscopy to diagnose the condition, it is becoming obvious that endometriosis is not merely a disease of well-to-do Europeans, but that it poses a significant health problem in the Middle East and countries such as Singapore, India, China and particularly Japan, which may have the highest incidence in the world. This book covers the disease from diagnosis to treatment in a succinct and clear text, with colour illustrations.
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Atlas of Gynaecology CD-ROM
Karl Oláh Publication Date: Jan 04 Retail Price: £6.00 ISBN: 978-1-900364-90-4 Extent: CD-ROM pages |
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Over the last two decades the practice of medicine has changed beyond all recognition. A doctor is no longer in a position to dictate management to patients and it is essential that all procedures are explained to patients and informed consent is obtained. Clinical photography is subject to the same rules and regulations and it is no longer the prerogative of the clinician to display clinical photographs without a patient’s consent. The ease with which material may be photographed and used to illustrate clinical conditions may be more limited than in the past as a result. The purpose of this Atlas is to supply a compilation of clinical images that comprehensively illustrate various gynaecological conditions. The 375 images presented are readily copied for use in electronic slide presentations to allow a condition to be demonstrated visually or to illustrate a lecture.
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Most readers will be familiar with the textbook edited by JB Lawson and DB Stewart entitled Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Tropics and Developing Countries. Published in 1967, it met a great need and remained in print in the English Language Book Society paperback version until 1991. Before then, parts of it had become outdated, the Safe Motherhood Initiative had begun and there was reawakened inspiration and impetus for better maternal health, which continues worldwide. These developments called for a radical revision of Lawson and Stewart’s masterpiece: the result is this book.
Reviews of this book can be found here.
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The large number of professionals involved in producing these Reports are driven by a desire to improve care. Fifty years ago, when this project began as collaboration between the RCOG and the Ministry of Health (as it then was), doctors knew that some women were dying unnecessarily. Today, the authors of this Report can still feel anger at the way the system continues to fail some vulnerable young women.
As well as highlighting problems the Report also illuminates successes. Great improvements have taken place over the years in, for example, the safety of obstetric anaesthesia and the treatment of hypertensive disease. The present Report records a remarkably low death rate from obstetric haemorrhage and a dramatic fall in deaths from thromboembolism after caesarean section, following publication of RCOG guidelines. After a decade in which further reduction of maternal mortality seemed elusive, the latter breakthrough shows how improvements in practice can still be made and can still save lives.
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Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Volume 12
Tim Hillard (Editor) Publication Date: Nov 07 Retail Price: £48.00 ISBN: 978-1-904752-23-3 Extent: 340 pages |
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This edition of the Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology includes contributions from a large cross-section of clinical and scientific fields in our diverse speciality. Obstetrics and gynaecology continues to change rapidly an no one can be a specialist in every area. These chapters will help to keep you up to date across the specialty. Whatever your area of interest, there will be something for you within these pages and, you look through the various chapters, take a few moments to reflect on the wonderfully varied nature of our specialty, a unique characteristic that attracts so many doctors into O&G
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Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Volume 11
Tim Hillard and David Purdie Publication Date: Sep 04 Retail Price: £6.00 ISBN: 978-1-904752-82-9 Extent: 548 pages |
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The 11th edition of the Yearbook in Obstetrics and Gynaecology has drawn together authoritative contributions from across the spectrum of the specialty of obstetrics and gynaecology. It has been nearly 2 years since the last Yearbook, and this bumper edition, which contains over 40 chapters, has been released to coincide with the 75th anniversary celebrations of the College.
Whatever your specialist interest, you will find topics of direct and overlapping relevance to your work, as well as many chapters of general interest. Some of the chapters are based on eponymous College lectures and others are comprehensive reviews that are unique opportunities to get acquainted with subjects that might otherwise pass us by.
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Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Volume 10
D Sturdee, K Oláh, D Purdie and D Keane Publication Date: 2002 Retail Price: £6.00 ISBN: 978-1-900364-72-0 Extent: 400 pages |
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This Yearbook demonstrates the extraordinary variety and broad expanse of the specialty of obstetrics and gynaecology that keeps those directly involved continuously stimulated, and must amaze less fortunate colleagues practicing in other medical disciplines. There are 34 invited chapters including 5 eponymous RCOG Lectures.
The standard of these chapters is consistently high, and this volume, the first with colour plates, maintains the tradition of high quality updates and reviews on the topical aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology.
A review of this book can be found here.
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Yearbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Volume 9
D Sturdee, K Oláh and D Keane Publication Date: 2001 Retail Price: £6.00 ISBN: 978-1-900364-48-5 Extent: 372 pages |
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This volume covers a wide cross-section of the increasingly diverse subjects in our specialty. The mixture includes new looks at old problems - such as trial of scar, vault prolapse, fetal hydrops, maternal suicide and deaths, rectovaginal endometriosis and prolapse.
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