Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology provides a comprehensive review of current clinical practice and thinking within the specialties of obstetrics and gynaecology.

All chapters are commissioned and written by an international team of practising clinicians with the Guest Editors for each thematical issue drawn from a pool of renowned experts and opinion leaders.
Reference is made to:
• The latest original research
• Cochrane and systematic Reviews
• Audits and confidential enquiries
• National and international conferences
• National and international guidelines
• Personal communications
• Scientific impact papers
• Consensus statements

All chapters take the form of practical, evidence-based reviews that seek to address key clinical issues of diagnosis, treatment, and patient management.

Each issue follows a problem-orientated approach that focuses on the key questions to be addressed, clearly defining what is known and not known. Management will be described in practical terms so that it can be applied to the individual patient.

Boxed and bulleted Learning Objectives and Practice Points are features within each chapter and will highlight the core and essential knowledge that will help the physician to provide the best care to their patients.

The series' objective is to provide a continuous update for the busy clinician and researcher.

Editor-in-Chief
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St. George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK Phone +44 208 725 4123 Email Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
MCQ Editor
Kevin Hayes
UK
Editorial Board
Jennifer Blake
Canada
Ivo Brosens
Belgium
Joanna Cain
USA
Jeanne Conry
France
Lynette Denny
South Africa
Senait Fisseha
Ian Fraser
Australia
Neville Hacker
Australia
Ho Pak Chung
Hong Kong
Timothy R.B. Johnson
USA
Andre Lalonde
Canada
Hal Lawrence
USA
Tahir Mahmood
Scotland
Jagidesa Moodley
South Africa
James P. Neilson
UK
Hextan Ngan
China
Peter O'Donovan
UK
Gamal I. Serour
Egypt
Dorothy Shaw
Canada
E. Malcolm Symonds
UK
Ian Symonds
Australia
Christine Tippett
Australia