Background Ovarian insufficiency is a concern for long-term cancer survivors. Ovarian-cryopreservation is a fertility preservation-technique through transplantation of frozen-thawed tissue; actual organ function and hormonal production is p…
OBJECTIVE: To compare operating time and blood loss in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomies (TLH) for benign conditions with either the Marseal™ IQ 5 mm (MS) or the Ligasure™ 5 mm (LS) vessel-sealing device. DESIGN AND SET…
Purpose: Official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG). Due to their rarity and their heterogeneous histopathology uterine sarcomas remain challenging tumors to manage and need a mult…
The appropriate surgical technique to treat patients with uterine fibroids is still a matter of debate as is the potential risk of incorrect treatment if histological examination detects a uterine sarcoma instead of uterine fibroids. The pu…
PROBLEM: To investigate the association between the occurrence of uterine leiomyoma and two SNPs of the CYP 2A13 and CYP 1A1 genes. METHOD OF STUDY: Prospective case control study with 132 women with clinically and surgically diagnosed ute…