Prof Mohamed Abdel-fattah

Prof  Abdel-fattah completed his specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2007 and became the first RCOG accredited subspecialist in Urogynaecology in Scotland.

He is an established Consultant in the NHS and in the private sector since 2008 and has been running the tertiary Urogynaecology in Grampian and the North East of Scotland for over 12 years. Prof  Adel-fattah receives referrals from both GPs and other consultant colleagues for all types of pelvic floor disorders in women. He chairs the Grampian multi-disciplinary team monthly meetings for pelvic floor disorders.

Prof  Adel-fattah has an extensive academic record in this field with numerous publications some of which are considered benchmarking in the field and has led numerous national multicentre clinical trials. He is regularly invited as guest/ keynote speaker in prestigious international conferences. In-addition, Prof  Adel-fattah surgical expertise has been well respected internationally and has  been invited as international expert to chair/ or as faculty in several surgical workshops worldwide.

 

Professor Mohamed Abdel-Fattah | Staff Profile | The Institute of Applied Health Sciences | The University of Aberdeen

Female Pelvic Floor Disorders including:

• Urinary Incontinence (Stress urinary incontinence, Overactive bladder, neurogenic bladder, others),
• Pelvic organ prolapse (prolapse of the womb and /or the vagina),
• Painful bladder,
• Recurrent UTI,
• Voiding (bladder emptying) problems

Prof Abdel-fattah is proficient in undertaking all types of surgery in Urogynaecology including:

• Prolapse: pelvic floor repairs, sacro-spinous fixation, sacro-colpo-pexy, uterine preservation surgery, hysterectomy, and others.
• Urinary Incontinence: mid-urethral slings, colposuspension, autologous fascial slings and others

He has a special interest in minimal invasive management hence recently introduced a new Minimal invasive UroGynaecology service (MUG clinic) service in both the NHS and the private sector.

The MUG clinic offers a range of minimal invasive procedures in and out-patient setting - all to be done within the framework set by the NICE guidelines. These include:

• Urodynamic investigations: for investigation urinary incontinence following failure of conservative or previous surgical treatment
• Diagnostic Cystoscopy for investigating recurrent UTI, painful bladder, possible mesh related adverse events, other indications
• Operative Cystoscopy: (under Local Anaesthetic +/- sedation)
• Injection of  BOTOX into Bladder wall for treatment of overactive bladder refractory to conservative treatment
• Peri-urethral injection of Bulking agents for treatment of stress urinary incontinence

• Bladder Installations for painful bladder syndrome
• Vaginal pessaries: for conservative management of pelvic organ prolapse

Current and previous memberships with: 

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• British Society of Urogynaecology
• International Urogynaecology Association
• International Continence Society