Bernd Bojahr

INTRODUCTION: Hysterectomy now belongs to standard gynecological procedures. Moreover, a shift towards laparoscopic techniques is ever more apparent as they provide many advantages such as less traumatization and shorter convalescence. Larg…

Recent findings suggest that high-grade serous ovarian cancer can originate in the fallopian tube. Not only has that made the identification of precursor lesions pivotal in early detection and prevention of these cancers, prophylactic salpi…

BACKGROUND: Live surgery events serve as a valuable tool for surgical education, but also raise ethical concerns about patient safety and professional performance. In the present study, we evaluate the technical feasibility and didactic ben…

PURPOSE: This study was performed to assess the practical laparoscopic training in Gynecological Endoscopy Working Group (AGE) certified Training Centers (TC) and evaluate the possible implementation for a manual dexterity skills-training w…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Since April 2014, the FDA warns against the use of morcellation during minimally invasive uterine surgery because of the risk of occult malignant spreading in the abdominal cavity. It is clear, however, that more stu…

Objectives. Common symptoms of adenomyosis include pain and bleeding disorders and can severely impact a patient’s quality of life. Few studies report on the impact of hysteroscopy procedures on improving these symptoms. This study evaluate…

In aggressive cases, endometriosis can perturb the urogenital tract, in particular the ureter, which can potentially result in ureteral compression or stenosis. Even though this is rare, consequences are dramatic, such as hydronephrosis or …

Zielsetzung: Das Erkrankungsbild der Endometriose ist sehr heterogen. Symptome wie Infertilität oder Schmerzen können, müssen aber nicht vorhanden sein. Standardisierte Ansätze, bei welchen Patientinnen eine Diagnose notwendig und sinnvoll …

Background: Official guideline "indications and methods of hysterectomy" to assign indications for the different methods published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG), the Austrian Society of Gynecology…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a heterogeneous disease characterized by a range of different presentations. It is usually diagnosed when patients present with pain and/or infertility, but it has also been diagnosed in asymptomatic patients.…

PURPOSE: This study aims to evaluate the number of cases of occult uterine malignancies in all LASH surgeries at the MIC clinic (Berlin) and to verify how the operative technique affects the prognosis of the disease. METHODS: Data of 10,73…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate postoperative patient satisfaction in women after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH). METHODS: A retrospective study by a mailed questionnaire among 2334 women wh…

Purpose: Peritoneal resection for the therapy of oncological diseases as well as endometriosis is associated with major problems as injury to neighboring organs and difficulties in the establishment of the necessary hemostasis. In this pape…

OBJECTIVE: To present two exemplary cases of adenomatoid tumors. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Two laparoscopic centers in Germany. PATIENT(S): Two women of reproductive age with uterine adenomatoid tumors. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic…

OBJECTIVE: Safe and reliable access systems are crucial in laparoscopy, and trocar dislodgement is still a common and frustrating problem. Wall emphysema can occur besides the risky prolongation of the surgical procedure. Wall-anchoring com…

OBJECTIVE: Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH) was analyzed with regard to surgical indications and outcomes. METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of the first 1,000 consecutive laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomies per…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine perioperative morbidity and complication rate after a standardized technique of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH). DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of consecutive patients (…

The use of a 1.2 mm microendoscope is compared to the conventional laparoscopy technique in this study. In 22 sterility patients and 23 patients suffering from chronic pelvic pain the high diagnostic value of the microendoscope is shown. On…

In a prospective study in 40 patients the pretreatment for endometrial ablation with a gestagen (Orgametril 10 mg/die), danazol (600 mg/die) and an injection of a GnRH-analogon (Decapeptyl-Depot) was compared with a control group without pr…

The anamnesis, the preoperative diagnostics, the laparoscopic findings, and the therapeutic management are reported of 303 patients who underwent laparoscopy because of chronic pelvic pain during the years of 1989 and 1993. The most common …