Fortschritte der Medizin

This paper reports on the case of a 38-year-old woman with multiple stenoses in the proximal and middle section of the jejunum, as well as in the terminal ileum, who had been symptomatic for nine years, with symptoms progressively reflectin…

As measures of assisted conception, GIFT, ZIFT, TV test and insemination require patent Fallopian tubes. In the majority of cases, intra-uterine insemination is attempted before the invasive methods. Intratubal gamete transfer is employed i…

Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists are synthetic peptide analogues of the natural gonadotropin releasing hormone with a stronger and more prolonged effect than the natural GnRH. Repeated administration of GnRH agonists induces p…

Diseases affecting the female reproductive organs often raise differential-diagnostic problems in the field of gastroenterology. Diagnostic pelviscopy represents the most reliable means for the diagnostic clarification of alterations of the…

The hyperplasiogenic gastric polyp is an organo-specific polyp and compared to the real adenoma of the stomach and colon is not a neoplasia. The formation of a carcinoma in or on a hyperplasiogenic polyp is extremely rare. Hyperplasiogenic …

102 bilateral adnexectomies in simple vaginal uterectomy (UE.A.) were researched between 1975-1980 and compared to the same number of patients who had vaginal uterectomy without adnexectomy (VK). The average age of the UE.A. was 51.9 years …

21 women with endometriosis were treated with Danazol, a derivative of 17-alpha-aethinyltestosteron in an open study over a period of 6 months. 20 women had previously undergone an operation because of the spread of endometriosis and its sy…

There is a definite place for laparoscopy in gynaecology as a diagnostic tool and for limited operative procedures. Nevertheless, the indication for laparoscopy should be subjected to the same strict criteria as any other operative procedur…

The spectrum of progestin therapy has changed and expanded during the last few years. 1. The drug-therapy of choice in endometriosis is the medication of progestins for at least six months, for instance ethinyl-testosterone. If a patient wa…

The report deals with the 2330 hysterectomies, performed in the "Women's Hospital of the City of Nuernberg", in 1968 through 1973. One thousand extirpations were done the abdominal way, whereas 1330 were done using the vaginal method. The a…

Concentration of fibrinogen degradation products in sera of 12 healthy women and 163 patients with gynecological tumors was determined by Staphylococcal-clumping-test. In sera of healthy women and patients with benign tumors the highest tit…

A prospective study with regard to a cytostatic drugs combination treatment, partly synchronized and carried out in team work, of advanced ovarian carcinoma is being accomplished at the II. Women's Clinic of the University of Munich. The te…

In 100 women who underwent laparoscopic sterilization approximately one year before a follow-up check including gynecological examination, a structurized interview and a "Maudsley Personality Inventory" (MPI) test were performed. 6% complai…

The discussion about the side-effects of oral contraceptives received new aspects through the publication of the prospective British Study "Oral Contraceptives and Health" (by the Royal College of General Practitioners) in 1974. This articl…