Overview
Background
Associate Professor Christopher Maher is a tertiary-referral Urogynaecologist at the Wesley & Mater Private Hospitals and Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital and active researcher and teacher at the University of Queensland. His long-term commitment to research and evidence based medicine has been rewarded with over 100 peer-review publications and many presentations at National and International conferences. He is the past president of the Queensland CFA (Continence Foundation of Australia), former Secretary of AGES, Chairman of IUGA Scientific Committee, Chair of Urogynaecology committee RANZCOG and is currently lead author of the Cochrane Review and International Collaboration on Incontinence on the surgical management of prolapse. Associate Professor Christopher Maher is the current Chairman of the Urogynaecological Society of Australia.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, Institution to be confirmed
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Research interests
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Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse
lead Cochrane review on the surgical management of prolapse Lead International Collaboration Incontinence (ICI) on Surgical management of prolapse
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Surgeon Volume and outcomes
Meta-analysis of gynaecology and urogynaecology outcomes based on surgeon volumes
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Learning curve of Laparoscopic sacral colpopexy
Structured education and skills program to reduce learning curve for laparoscopic sacral colpopexy
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Tissue engineering for pelvic organ prolapse
Animal studies to evaluate 3-D printed material as a matrix in pelvic organ prolapse and abdominal hernia in the sheep model
Research impacts
My research has largely docused on female pelvic floor dysfunction and intially revolved aroud the assessemnt and safety of surgical interventions for the management of pelvic floor dysfunction including
- Sacral nerve stimulator for female bladder overactivty
- laparoscopic and vaginal surgery for primary and recurrent urinary stress incontinence including prospective reviews and randomised controlled trials
- Laparoscopic, abdominal and vaginal surgery for uterine prolapse, rectocele and post-hysterectomy vault prolapse including retrospective audits, prospective evaluations and randomised controlled trials
- Reporting of and management of complications assocaited with mesh interventions for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse
More recently I have focused on completeing structured systematic reviews on the surgical management of prolapse including:
- Leading Cochrane reviews on the surgical management of prolapse in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
- Leading committee International Collaboration on Incontinence on the surgical management of prolapse 2013, 2017 after being member since 2008
- Review articles on the pathway forward regarding the evaluation of new medical interventions
This body of research has been important in evlauting the efficacy of new interventions for female pelvic organ prolapse and identifying complications associated with these intervention. The reseach has been important and contributed to public debate surrounding the suitability of transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse that is currently teh suject of Class actions worldwide and Govermant evaluations in New Zealand, Scotland and Australia.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Sacrocolpopexy: the way i do it
Shahid, Usama, Chen, Zhouran and Maher, Christopher (2024). Sacrocolpopexy: the way i do it. International Urogynecology Journal, 35 (11), 2107-2123. doi: 10.1007/s00192-024-05922-0
2023
Journal Article
Process flowsheet test of the i-SANEX process with CHON-compliant ligands in aqueous and organic phases
Whittaker, Daniel, Sarsfield, Mark, Taylor, Robin, Woodhead, Dave, Taylor, Kate, Carrott, Mike, Mason, Chris, Colledge, Hannah, Sanderson, Rebecca, Keywood, Billy, Bragg, Adam, White, Christian and Maher, Chris (2023). Process flowsheet test of the i-SANEX process with CHON-compliant ligands in aqueous and organic phases. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 166 104956, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2023.104956
2023
Journal Article
A review of the reprocessability of uranium nitride based fuels
Jones, Suzanne, Boxall, Colin, Maher, Chris and Taylor, Robin (2023). A review of the reprocessability of uranium nitride based fuels. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 165 104917, 104917. doi: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2023.104917
2023
Journal Article
INTEGRATE-Circ and INTEGRATE-Vis: unbiased detection and visualization of fusion-derived circular RNA
Webster, Jace, Mai, Hung, Ly, Amy and Maher, Christopher (2023). INTEGRATE-Circ and INTEGRATE-Vis: unbiased detection and visualization of fusion-derived circular RNA. Bioinformatics, 39 (9) btad569, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btad569
2023
Journal Article
Surgery for women with apical vaginal prolapse.
Maher, Christopher, Yeung, Ellen, Haya, Nir, Christmann-Schmid, Corina, Mowat, Alex, Chen, Zhuoran and Baessler, Kaven (2023). Surgery for women with apical vaginal prolapse.. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023 (7) CD012376. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012376.pub2
2022
Journal Article
Summary: 2021 International Consultation on Incontinence Evidence-Based Surgical Pathway for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
de Tayrac, Renaud, Antosh, Danielle D., Baessler, Kaven, Cheon, Cecilia, Deffieux, Xavier, Gutman, Robert, Lee, Joseph, Nager, Charles, Schizas, Alexis, Sung, Vivian and Maher, Christopher (2022). Summary: 2021 International Consultation on Incontinence Evidence-Based Surgical Pathway for Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (20) 6106, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/jcm11206106
2022
Journal Article
Is levator ani avulsion a risk factor for prolapse recurrence? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Yeung, Ellen, Malacova, Eva and Maher, Christopher (2022). Is levator ani avulsion a risk factor for prolapse recurrence? A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Urogynecology Journal, 33 (7), 1813-1826. doi: 10.1007/s00192-022-05217-2
2022
Journal Article
Design, mechanical and degradation requirements of biodegradable metal mesh for pelvic floor reconstruction
Mardina, Zahrina, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Maher, Christopher, Shi, Zhiming, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Atrens, Andrej (2022). Design, mechanical and degradation requirements of biodegradable metal mesh for pelvic floor reconstruction. Biomaterials Science, 10 (13), 3371-3392. doi: 10.1039/d2bm00179a
2021
Journal Article
Online prediction tool for female pelvic floor dysfunction: development and validation
Chen, Zhuoran, Mikhail, Susana Mustafa, Buttini, Melissa, Mowat, Alex, Hartel, Gunter and Maher, Christopher (2021). Online prediction tool for female pelvic floor dysfunction: development and validation. International Urogynecology Journal, 33 (11), 3025-3033. doi: 10.1007/s00192-021-04985-7
2021
Journal Article
The patenting and technological trends in hernia mesh implants
Russo Serafini, Mairim, Medeiros Savi, Flavia, Ren, Jiongyu, Bas, Onur, O'Rourke, Nicholas, Maher, Christopher and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2021). The patenting and technological trends in hernia mesh implants. Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews, 27 (1), 48-73. doi: 10.1089/ten.teb.2019.0245
2020
Journal Article
Summary: 2017 International Consultation on Incontinence evidence-based surgical pathway for pelvic organ prolapse
Maher, Christopher F., Baessler, Kaven K., Barber, Matthew D., Cheon, Cecilia, Consten, Esther C. J., Cooper, Kevin G., Deffieux, Xavier, Dietz, Viviane, Gutman, Robert E., van Iersel, Jan J., Nager, Charles W., Sung, Vivian W. and de Tayrac, Renaud (2020). Summary: 2017 International Consultation on Incontinence evidence-based surgical pathway for pelvic organ prolapse. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 26 (1), 30-36. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000591
2020
Journal Article
Re: Mesh inlay, mesh kit or native tissue repair for women having repeat anterior or posterior prolapse surgery: randomised controlled trial (PROSPECT)
Maher, Christopher and Hartel, Gunter (2020). Re: Mesh inlay, mesh kit or native tissue repair for women having repeat anterior or posterior prolapse surgery: randomised controlled trial (PROSPECT). BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127 (9), 1169-1170. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16301
2019
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FPMRS challenges on behalf of the Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium (CoRPS): managing complicated cases series 4: is taking out all of a mesh sling too extreme?
Rosenfeld, Emily B., Yurteri-Kaplan, Ladin A., Maher, Chris, Bazi, Tony, Svabik, Kamil, Houlihan, Sara and Grimes, Cara L. (2019). FPMRS challenges on behalf of the Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium (CoRPS): managing complicated cases series 4: is taking out all of a mesh sling too extreme?. International Urogynecology Journal, 31 (2), 221-225. doi: 10.1007/s00192-019-04172-9
2019
Journal Article
There is still a place for vaginal mesh in urogynaecology: FOR: there is still a place for vaginal mesh in urogynaecology
Maher, Christopher (2019). There is still a place for vaginal mesh in urogynaecology: FOR: there is still a place for vaginal mesh in urogynaecology. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 126 (8) 1471-0528.15694, 1074-1074. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15694
2019
Journal Article
Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse
Maher, C. F., Baessler, K. K., Barber, M. D., Cheong, C., Consten, E. C.J., Cooper, K. G., Deffieux, X., Dietz, V., Gutman, R. E., van Iersel, J. J., Nager, C. W., Sung, V. W. and de Tayrac, R. (2019). Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse. Climacteric, 22 (3), 229-235. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2018.1551348
2019
Journal Article
No vaginal estrogen therapy arm in an RCT trial on genitourinary syndrome of menopause is a concern
Maher, Christopher F. and Biuttini, Melissa (2019). No vaginal estrogen therapy arm in an RCT trial on genitourinary syndrome of menopause is a concern. Climacteric, 22 (4), 1-1. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2019.1597842
2018
Journal Article
The first published randomised controlled trial of laser treatment for vaginal atrophy raises serious questions
Buttini, Melissa J. and Maher, Christopher (2018). The first published randomised controlled trial of laser treatment for vaginal atrophy raises serious questions. Medical Journal of Australia, 209 (9), 376-377. doi: 10.5694/mja18.00187
2018
Journal Article
6th International Consultation on Incontinence. Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee: Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and faecal incontinence
Abrams, Paul, Andersson, Karl-Erik, Apostolidis, Apostolos, Birder, Lori, Bliss, Donna, Brubaker, Linda, Cardozo, Linda, Castro-Diaz, David, O'Connell, P. R., Cottenden, Alan, Cotterill, Nikki, de Ridder, Dirk, Dmochowski, Roger, Dumoulin, Chantal, Fader, Mandy, Fry, Christopher, Goldman, Howard, Hanno, Philip, Homma, Yukio, Khullar, Vik, Maher, Chris, Milsom, Ian, Newman, Diane, Nijman, Rien J. M., Rademakers, Kevin, Robinson, Dudley, Rosier, Peter, Rovner, Eric, Salvatore, Stefano ... Wein, Alan (2018). 6th International Consultation on Incontinence. Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee: Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and faecal incontinence. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37 (7), 2271-2272. doi: 10.1002/nau.23551
2018
Journal Article
Perioperative interventions in pelvic organ prolapse surgery
Haya, Nir, Feiner, Benjamin, Baessler, Kaven, Christmann-Schmid, Corina and Maher, Christopher (2018). Perioperative interventions in pelvic organ prolapse surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (8) CD013105, CD013105. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013105
2018
Journal Article
Surgery for women with pelvic organ prolapse with or without stress urinary incontinence
Baessler, Kaven, Christmann-Schmid, Corina, Maher, Christopher, Haya, Nir, Crawford, Tineke J. and Brown, Julie (2018). Surgery for women with pelvic organ prolapse with or without stress urinary incontinence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (8) CD013108, CD013108. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013108
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