Katharina Hancke

BACKGROUND: Cryopreservation is widely used across the life sciences to enable long-term storage of living cells and tissues for research or later clinical use. Its core principle is the arrest of biological activity at extremely low temper…

Objective The objective of this revised official guideline, published by the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and coordinated in the joint guidelines program of the DGGG, the Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether pre-existing endometriosis is associated with specific adverse pregnancy and delivery outcomes in primiparous women. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary care university hospital. POPULATION …

BACKGROUND: Fertility preservation is the process of saving or protecting a person's reproductive substance of human origin intended to be used later in that person's life. Fertility preservation technologies have benefits and risks. Among …

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Fertility preservation refers to the cryopreservation of gametes, embryos, or gonadal tissue before age, disease, or medical treatment affects reproductive capacity. Fertility preservation techniques were originally d…

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that may require surgical intervention under certain circumstances. Although the condition itself is associated with impaired fertility in 30-50% of affected individuals, surgical treatment may further red…

BACKGROUND: Like other chronic diseases, endometriosis also requires long-term, individualized and multidisciplinary care. The integration of specialized nursing care has already been proven in other chronic diseases, but it is unclear whet…

Background: There are many reports about variations in the menstrual cycle after infection with SARS-CoV-2 or vaccination against it. However, data on SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination-related changes in menstruation-associated endometrio…

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis and urogenital malformation with uterus didelphys and renal agenesis might occur concomitantly, and the question arises whether both entities are associated with each other. Methods: A literature search …

Aim This official guideline was published and coordinated by the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG with the involvement of other medical societies. The aim was to provide a consensus-based overview of non-hormonal forms of contraception based on an eval…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age and leads to significant morbidity and financial burden. Consequently, countries such as France and Germany are formulating strategies to combat endometriosis. …

Aims The aim of this official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG) and the Swiss Society for Gynaecolo…

Introduction Supporting and counselling couples with fertility issues prior to starting ART is a multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The first German/Austrian/Swiss interdisciplinary S2k guideline on "Diagnosis and Thera…

Die mit Endometriose assoziierten Symptome sind oftmals vielfältig und unspezifisch und führen häufig zu einer deutlichen Beeinträchtigung der Lebensqualität der betroffenen Frauen. Das Ausmaß der Beeinträchtigung der Lebensqualität ist dab…

At present, there are three ways to determine effectively the quality of the cryopreservation procedure using ovarian tissue before the re-implantation treatment: evaluation of follicles after post-thawing xenotransplantation to SCID mouse,…