Köhler C
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· 12 papers in corpus
observational
2016
STUDY HYPOTHESIS: Loss of protein BAF250a (ARID1A) expression is present in women with rectovaginal deep-infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and endometriosis affecting the pelvic sentinel lymph nodes (PSLN). STUDY FINDING: Partial loss of pr…
observational
2015
Endometriosis is a prevalent benign disease, despite sharing several similarities with malignancies, such as the possibility of lymphatic spread. In malignancies, chemokines play a sovereign role in the process of metastasis. Metastasis-rel…
other
2015
OBJECTIVE: To determine if ultrastructural tissue trauma occurs in the junctional zone in uteri in adenomyosis. DESIGN: A case-control experimental study. SETTING: Endometriosis research center. PATIENT(S): Twelve uteri with adenomyosis,…
other
2014
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the quality of a combined vaginal-abdominal surgical approach to rectovaginal endometriosis by analyzing long-term outcome and recurrence rates. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study in Berlin, Germany, women wit…
diagnostic-accuracy
2013
OBJECTIVE: Rectovaginal endometriosis has the potential to infiltrate into the rectal wall. The recognition of infiltration prior to surgery is of utmost importance since only infiltrative disease should be treated by partial or complete re…
other
2011
BACKGROUND: In patients diagnosed with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), foci of endometriosis are detected in mesorectal lymph nodes (LNs) after segmental bowel resection and in pelvic sentinel LNs. Lymph vessels (LVs) seem to be the …
other
2011
Mangler, Mandy MD; Hasenbein, Kati MD; Bartley, Julia MD; Lanowska, Malgorzata MD; Schneider, Achim MD, MPH; Köhler, Christhardt MD Author Information
observational
2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of endometriotic lesions and disseminated endometriotic-like cells in a series of incidentally removed lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Univers…
other
2008
BACKGROUND: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) shows similarities to malignant diseases. A recent study involving DIE patients found endometriosis in mesorectal lymph nodes (LNs) after segmental bowel resection. However, it is unclear wh…
other
2008
OBJECTIVE: To describe a new surgical approach to rectovaginal endometriosis. Rectovaginal endometriosis can be infiltrative or superficial involving the bowel. Only infiltrative disease should be treated by intestinal resection. However, i…
other
2007
BACKGROUND: A new combined vaginal-laparoscopic-abdominal approach for rectovaginal endometriosis allows intraoperative digital bowel palpation to assess bowel infiltration and prevents unnecessary bowel resections. This technique was compa…
other
2003
BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the microscopic extent of endometriosis in surgical en-bloc specimens of vaginal skin, rectovaginal septum, cul-de-sac, and part of the rectosigmoid bowel. METHODS: From December, 1997 to October, 2001, 50 …