Background: The detection of >5 circulating tumor cells (CTCs)/7.5 ml blood in patients being
treated for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) has recently been shown to be predictive for …

Purpose To compare laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) with total laparoscopic
hysterectomy (TLH) with regard to relevant surgical parameters and risk factors of …

Purpose To better characterize adenomyosis as a disease entity. Methods We retrospectively
reviewed the medical records of women undergoing hysterectomy with a histologic …

Animal models for adhesion induction are heterogeneous and often poorly described. We
compare and discuss different models to induce peritoneal adhesions in a randomized, …

Recent studies have shown that the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTC) pre and
postoperatively in the peripheral blood of primary breast cancer patients may be an indicator for …

Background Laparoscopic surgery (LS) induces physical stress to the surgeon that is
associated with an increased prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and injury in the shoulder–neck …

Tumor cell dissemination in bone marrow (BM) and lymph nodes is considered an important
step in systemic disease progression and is associated with poor prognosis. Only invasive …

OBJECTIVE: To determine obstetric variables associated with the long-term prevalence of
flatal and/or fecal incontinence among women who sustained obstetric anal sphincter injuries (…

Objective To evaluate blood‐based biomarkers to detect endometriosis and/or adenomyosis
across nine European centers (June 2014–April 2018). Methods This prospective, non‐…

Objective To investigate the effect of a pistol grip laparoscopic instrument with a rotatable
handle piece (rot-HP) on biomechanical stress and precision as well as a possible interaction …