Science today is advancing do
fast that one has to run to be at the same place. It is
therefore all the more necessary to keep us completely
abreast of the nuances in our subject. For teachers,
students and practitioners of the subject this task becomes
daunting. Not only because of the rapid pace of the change,
but also because of the innumerable conduits through which
knowledge comes to us these days. Traveling throughout the
country and abroad on lecture and teaching assignments, I
was always asked by specialists and students in our subject
to start publishing a series of publication like this which
covers the most recent developments in our subject, relevant
to the current practice.
Ideally, neural tube defects
should no more be a surprise finding in the fetus at term
anymore. But it still does surprise us. There is a special
inclusion on this in this current book. Antibiotics in
preterm labour: yes or no? Arresting preterm labour: How and
when? These are some of the dilemmas that we face in our
current practice. The chapter on preterm labour covers these
aspects succinctly. In India, Manual Vacuum Aspiration has
been revived in a big way. Many practitioners have been
asking me about the same. We have a special chapter on this
aspect in the pages to follow. Entire hoopla around H.R.T
seemed to be falling apart since the time that startling
revelations on the long-term effects of these came in. This
aspect is covered very informatively here so as to enable
clear stand to be taken in current practice. Markets are
swarmed with ovulogens. In clinical practice we continuously
require to update our knowledge about them. It is with this
aim that this chapter has been written. In this way all
topics have been carefully selected to suit the needs of
current practice.
The contributors of all the
chapters too have been carefully selected. A delicate
balance is continuously preserved between the young and the
experienced, the very well known and the up coming, from
India and abroad, well read and knowledgeable. I am
extremely thankful to them for accepting my invitation and
willingly contributing to this volume. They all had one line
common running through them “They all love their subject”.
I would like to specially
mention with a deep sense of my gratitude for
Dr. Shonali Agarwal, who has actively helped me with
the editorial work. Without her help it would have been well
nigh impossible to bring about this publication in time.
I dedicate this series and the
volume as one more attempt of mine in pursuit of academic
excellence, at the service of humanity and mankind, at the
feet of the Almighty!
BARODA
[DR. PANKAJ
DESAI]
TOPICS
COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
1.
Current Concepts In The Prenatal Diagnosis Of Neural Tube
Defects
2. Preterm Labor: Evidence Based Management
3. 3. What Is Manual Vacuum
Aspiration
4. 4. Decision Making For The
Intrapartum Management Of Twins
5. 5. The Enigma Of Hyperemesis
Gravidarum
6. 6. Episiotomy: Controversies
And Current Thinking
7. 7. Management Of Refractory
Anemia During Pregnancy
9. 8. Current Concepts In
Screening For Ovarian Cancer
10. 9. Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation For The
Treatment Of Utero-Vaginal Prolapse
11. 10. The Challenge Of Post Hysterectomy
Hemorrhage
12. 11.
Ovulogens Revisited
13. 12. Current Approach To Abnormal Uterine
Bleeding In Adolescents
14. 13. Hormone Replacement Therapy: Current
Controversies And Evidences
15.
14. The Enigma Called Endometriosis:
Current Choices In Treatment
17. 15.
Understanding Endometrial Hyperplasia
16. Death After Female Tubal Sterilization Procedure
17. Improving The Quality Of Clinical Care
LIST OF
CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Shonali Agarwal
Assistant Professor,
Dept of
Ob Gyn
Medical College
BARODA.
Dr. Ashish
Kumar Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
Gauhati Medical College,
Guwahati
Dr. Deepika Deka
Additional Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
All India Institute of
Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar
NEW DELHI
Dr. Monali
Desai
Con. Gyne-oncologist
BARODA
Dr. Hema
Divakar,
Consultant Obstetrician and
Gynecologist
Divakar’s Hospital
BANGALORE
Dr.
Vandana Gaikwad
Lecturer
Dept of Ob Gyn
K.J.Somaiya Medical College
& Hospital,
MUMBAI
Dr. Sanjay
Gupte
Hon Associate Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
B.J. Med College,
PUNE
Dr. Rajat
Gyaneshwar
Con. Gynecologist
Dept of Ob Gyn
Liverpool Hospital
SYDNEY: AUSTRALIA
Dr.
Sarbjeet Kaur
K.J.Somaiya Medical College
& Hospital,
MUMBAI
Dr. Usha
Krishna
(Retd.) Hon. Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
K. E. M Hospital
Parel
MUMBAI
Dr Pratap
Kumar,
Professor and Head of
Department,
Dept of Ob Gyn
Kasturba Hospital and
Medical College,
MANIPAL
Dr A P
Manjunath
Associate. Professor
Dept. Of Obstetrics And
Gynecology,
Kasturba Medical College
MANIPAL
Dr P.S
Mittal
Assistant Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
Medical College
BARODA.
Dr. S.
Mittal
Professor & Head
Dept of Ob Gyn
All India Institute of
Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar
NEW DELHI
Dr. Arun
H. Nayak
Consultant Obstetrician and
Gynecologist
Associate Professor
B. Y. L. Nair Hospital,
MUMBAI
Dr
Mandakini Parihar
Hon Associate Professor
Dept. of Ob Gyn
K.J.Somaiya Medical College
& Hospital,
MUMBAI
Dr. Ankita
Pasi
Con. Gynecologist
BARODA
Dr.
Purvi Patel
Assistant Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
Medical College
BARODA
Dr.
Madhuri Patil
BANGALORE
Dr. Amol
P. Pawar
Senior Resident
Dept of Ob Gyn
K. E. M. Hospital
Parel
MUMBAI
DR. PRAKASH V. PAWAR.
Shushrusha Maternity home,
Nilkanth Niwas,
Near School No. 19,
Vishnu Nagar. Naupada, Thane
[W] Thane 400602
Dr C.
Rawat
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Ob Gyn
Medical College
BARODA.
Dr. Girija
S.
Specialty Medical Officer
Dept. Of Obstetrics And
Gynecology,
Kasturba Medical College,
MANIPAL
Dr. Ashish
N. Shah
Assistant Professor
Dept. of O & G, Medical
College,
Baroda
Dr. J.B. Sharma,
Assistant Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
AIIMS
Ansari Nagar
NEW DELHI
Dr. Neema
Sharma
Research Associate
Dept of Ob Gyn
All India Institute Of
Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar
NEW DELHI
Dr. Uday Thanawalla
Consultant obstetrician and
Gynecologist,
NAVI MUMBAI
Dr. Uma Wankhede.(M.D.)
Associate Professor
Dept of Ob Gyn
B. J. Medical College,
Pune
