Abdul Sultan MD FRCOG
Abdul Sultan is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in urogynaecology at Mayday University Hospital, Croydon as well as a honorary senior lecturer at St George's University of London. He completed his basic medical training (MB.ChB) in South Africa prior to moving to the United Kingdom in 1984 and obtained the MRCOG degree in 1990. He subsequently he took up a research post under the supervision of Prof Chris Hudson at St Bartholomews and Homerton Hospital and Professors Clive Bartram and Mike Kamm at St Mark's Hospital. The research involved studying the effects of childbirth on the pelvic floor and anal sphincters. This led to a landmark paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine and to a Doctorate (MD) from the University of Natal. His pioneering work highlighted the deficiencies in training of doctors and midwives in detecting and repairing injuries to the perineum and anal sphincter after child birth.
He is currently a consultant in a busy tertiary referral urogynaecology department at Mayday University Hospital, with a large clinical workload, dealing with complex urogynaecological problems including tertiary referrals, teaching medical students, training junior doctors and undertaking clinical research. The unit is recognised for subspecialty training in urogynaecology and runs an active research programme. The Croydon continence team was recently awarded the hospital doctor award for The Continence Team of the Year (2005). In addition he was awarded the prestigious UK Hospital Doctor of the Year award. Along with Ranee Thakar he runs the popular perineal repair courses at Mayday Hospital. His publications include many original papers in peer reviewed journals and many contributions to book chapters. He has also co-edited a book on perineal and anal sphincter trauma.
Publications
Original articles
- Anal Endosonography and correlation with in vitro and in vivo anatomy. British Journal of Surgery 1992; 80:808–811.
- Anal sphincter disruption during vaginal delivery. New England Journal of Medicine, 1993;329:1905–11.
- Pudendal nerve damage during labour: prospective study before and after childbirth. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1994;101:22–28.
- Effects of pregnancy on anal sphincter function and morphology. International Journal of Colorectal Disease 1993;8:206–9.
- Anal sphincter trauma during instrumental delivery. A comparison between forceps and vacuum extraction. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 1993;43:263–70.
- Anal endosonography: Precision of identifying sphincter defects confirmed histologically. British Journal of Surgery 1994;81:466–469.
- Endosonography of the anal sphincters: normal anatomy and comparison with manometry. Clinical Radiology 1994;49:368–374.
- Third degree obstetric anal sphincter tears: risk factors and outcome of primary repair. British Medical Journal 1994;308:887–891.
- Internal anal sphincter division during lateral sphincterotomy. Prospective ultrasound study. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 1994;37:1031–1033.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of fistula-in-ano. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 1994:37:708–718.
- Outcome after anterior obstetric sphincter repair. British Journal of Surgery 1994:81:1231–1234.
- Vaginal Endosonography: new technique to image the undisturbed anal sphincter. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1994;37:1296–1299.
- Obstetric perineal tears: an audit of training. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 1995;15:19–23.
- Endosonography of the anal sphincters in solitary rectal ulcer syndrome. International Journal of Colorectal Disease 1995;10:79–82.
- Occult anal sphincter trauma following randomized forceps and vacuum delivery. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 1998;61:113–9.
- Primary repair of obstetric anal sphincter rupture using the overlap technique. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1999;106:318–23.
- Maternal and child health after assisted vaginal delivery: five year follow up of a randomised controlled study comparing forceps and ventouse. British Journal of Obsterics & Gynaecology 1999:106:544–49.
- Self-assessment of morbidity following radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1999,19 (2):182–3.
- Antenatal prediction of postpartum urinary and fecal incontinence. Obstetrics and Gynecology 1999;94:689–94.
- Pregnancy and delivery: a urodynamic viewpoint. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2000;107:1354–1359.
- Anal function: effect of pregnancy and delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001;185:427–32.
