Wai Yoong is a Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist at North Middlesex University Hospital London, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London, London, UK; and Associate Professor at St George's International School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.
Abha Govind is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at North Middlesex University Hospital London, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London, London, UK; and Associate Professor at St George's International School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.
Wasim Lodhi is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at North Middlesex University Hospital London, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London, London, UK; and Associate Professor at St George's International School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.

Contributors vi
Foreword vii
Editors' Biographies ix
Acknowledgements xi
About the Companion Website xii
Part I Basic 1
1 Consent 3
Abha Govind
2 WHO Surgical Safety Checklist 10
Sophie Relph and Wai Yoong
3 Understanding Human Factors (Non-technical Skills) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 15
Wai Yoong, Mark Ponnusamy, Roberto De Martino, and Maud Nauta
4 Surgical Instruments 25
Christina Neophytou, Rajvinder Khasriya, and Wai Yoong
5 Surgical Positioning 34
Ciara MacKenzie, Rosalind Aughwane, Wasim Lodhi, and Wai Yoong
6 Sutures and Needles 37
Rosalind Aughwane, Ciara MacKenzie, Wasim Lodhi, and Wai Yoong
Part II Obstetrics 41
7 Assisted Vaginal Delivery 43
Natasha Barbaneagra, Katie Andersen, and Wasim Lodhi
8 Caesarean Section 49
Sayantana Das and Abha Govind
9 Uterine Compression Sutures for Uterine Atony 52
Wai Yoong and Wasim Lodhi
10 Cervical Cerclage 57
Joan Baqer, Dhanuson Dharmasena, and Wai Yoong
Part III Gynaecology, 63
11 Total Abdominal Hysterectomy 65
Abha Govind
12 Open Myomectomy 70
Abha Govind
13 Hysteroscopic Resection of Fibroids 74
Sayantana Das and Wasim Lodhi
14 Diagnostic Laparoscopy 78
Charlotte Austen and Abha Govind
15 Operative Laparoscopy 82
Charlotte Austen and Abha Govind
16 Laparoscopic Salpingectomy for Ectopic Pregnancy 85
Wasim Lodhi
17 Surgery for Vagina Prolapse Using Native Tissue 88
Wai Yoong
18 Vaginal Hysterectomy for Prolapse 91
Jane Ding and Wai Yoong
19 Manchester Repair (Fothergill's Operation) for Cervical Prolapse 95
Dhanuson Dharmasena and Wai Yoong
20 Cone Biopsy 99
Jane Ding and Wai Yoong
21 Rigid Cystoscopy 102
Wai Yoong
22 Manual Vacuum Aspiration and Surgical Management of Miscarriage 105
Abha Govind and Beena Subba
23 Female Sterilisation: The Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Approaches 109
Abha Govind
Index 114