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editChristopher B-Lynch, MA, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, FRCS, FRCOG, MAE (b. October 1, 1947), born Christopher Balogun-Lynch in Freetown [1], Sierra Leone, was a British Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecological Surgeon famous for his surgical inventions, most notably the B-Lynch Brace Suture.[2]
Professor B-Lynch is the son of Prof. Prince E. Balogun-Lynch and Jane A. Balogun-Lynch and was educated at Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, London and graduated in 1973. After various appointments at St. Bartholomew's, Paris and Oxford he became chief assistant to the Queen’s gynaecologist at St. Bartholomew's from 1981 to 1983. In 1984 he was appointed Consultant to the Oxford region based at Milton Keynes General Hospital[3] (NHS Trust).
In 1997 he published a description of the B-Lynch Brace suture for repairing post partum haemorrhage in women. This life saving surgical technique has been applied around the world and is a major contribution to improving natal care.
B-lynch is also Chairman of The Myrtle Peach Fund a charitible organisation which aims to "prevent, treat and combat cervical and ovarian cancer" which he set up in 1987.[4]
On the 13th March 2014 the MPTS decided that Professor Christopher Balogun Lynch's fitness to practise was impaired by reason of misconduct, he was therefore, struck off from the Medical Register. [5]
Surgical inventions
editProfessor B-Lynch is most famous for the B-Lynch suture but all his inventions are listed below.
(Invention - Published in : Date)
• Canular for intra-uterine manipulation - European advanced Endoscopic Surgery - Paris: 1990
• Co2 Laser surgery technique for vulval carcinoma in the elderly/Poor anaesthetic risk patients - BSCCP: Cardiff 1991.
• Rosette Suture for haemostasis at knife conisation of the cervix - British Blair Bell Society (RCOG): 1993.
• Laser marsupialisation technique for treatment of polycystic ovarian disease - British Gynaecological Endoscopy Society 1997 and the European Society of Minimally Invasive Society (SMIT) 1998.
• The B-Lynch Brace Suture Technique for control of post-partum haemorrhage (PPH): RCOG 1997. USA 1999. Cape Town (S.A.) 1999.
• The B-Lynch technique of None instramental stepwise reduction of acute utrerine inversion at laparatomy - 2006
Awards
edit“Grand Officer Of the Republic of Sierra Leone”
"His Excellency of the President Alhaji Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah is pleased to confer upon you the honour of
“Grand Officer Of the Republic of Sierra Leone” in recognition of your outstanding
performance in the field of medicine and medical research particularly your
profound contribution in the area of obstetrics and gynaecology, having editied
and co-authored a seminal work on that field which was recently launched in the
United Kingdom by her Royal Highnesss the Princess Royal."[6]
Publications
editVaginal Birth After Cesarean
Surgical Management of Intractable Pelvic Hemorrhage
Acute abdomen secondary to rare yolk sac tumour
Successful use of uterine artery embolisation to treat placenta increta in the first trimester
Acute Uterine Inversion: A Novel Replacement Technique Using the B-Lynch Non-Instrumental Stepwise Reduction Procedure
Spontaneous urethral extrusion of a Filshie clip
Application of the B-Lynch brace suture with associated intrauterine balloon catheter for massive haemorrhage due to placenta accreta following a second-trimester miscarriage
Outcome of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure in women with stress urinary incontinence—patients perspective
Ovarian marsupialisation for polycystic ovarian disease: reality or fiction?
Incidental Appendectomy during Gynaecological Surgery
A Clinical Analysis of 500 Medico-legal Claims Evaluating the Causes and Assessing the Potential Benefit of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Medico-legal claims evaluating the causes and assessing the potential benefit of alternative dispute resolution
Teratoma of the uterus
Borderline Ovarian Cancer, bilateral surgical castration, chemotherapy and a normal delivery after ovum donation and in vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer
Symptoms Relieved by Endoscopic Ventrosuspension
Carbon Dioxide Superpulse Laser Excision Conisation of the Cervix: Assessment of Specimen Histological Quality
Clinical, Biochemical and Biophysical Outcome of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Patients treated by Endoscopic Yag Laser Surgery
Alternative positions in the second stage of labour: a randomized controlled trial
Randomised, controlled trial of squatting in the second stage of labour.
References
edit- ^ "Professor Christopher B-Lynch: A worthy son of Sierra Leone; an inspiration to us". Article and interview. Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Awareness Times. 2 Nov 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ M.S. Allama and C. B-Lynch: The B-Lynch and other uterine compression suture techniques, Volume 89, Issue 3, June 2005, Pages 236-241. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2005.
- ^ "Hospital Consultant Pioneers Safer Childbirth World Wide". Milton Keynes Hospital. 18 November 200. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Milton Keynes Hospital Helps Fund New Research to Fight Ovarian Cancer". Milton Keynes Hospital: Milton Keynes Hospital. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ http://www.mpts-uk.org/static/documents/content/Professor_Christopher_Balogun_LYNCH.pdf
- ^ "Names of Recipients of National Honours in Sierra Leone". [1]. 2007-04-11.
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