Markus Wallwiener

PURPOSE: Maternity care is a central component of any healthcare system and is largely provided by midwives. Considering increasing cost pressures and growing demand for efficiency within the German healthcare system, the development of eff…

Postoperative adhesions represent a major medical challenge and are associated with serious health and economic consequences. 4DryField® PH (PlantTec Medical GmbH, Lueneburg, Germany) is a starch-based medical device designed both to preven…

IMPORTANCE: The formation of adhesions after gynecological surgery not only has detrimental impacts on those affected, including pain, obstruction, and infertility, but also imposes a high economic burden on healthcare systems worldwide. O…

Purpose This is an official guideline, published and coordinated by the Germany Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, DGGG). Because of their rarity and heterogeneous histopathology, …

Postoperative adhesions represent a frequent complication of abdominal surgery. Adhesions can result from infection, ischemia, and foreign body reaction, but commonly develop after any surgical procedure. The morbidity caused by adhesions a…

PURPOSE: Despite patients' widespread use and acceptance of complementary and integrative medicine (IM), few data are available regarding health-care professionals' current implementation of it in clinical routine. A national survey was con…

A 24-year-old woman, who had undergone neither fertility treatment nor uterine surgery other than a cesarean section, presented with an intramural ectopic pregnancy. A laparotomy with uterine wedge resection including the embryonic tissue w…

In the Original article publication, the name of the co-author Antje Ganz was not included. The Correct order of authors is as given above.

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…

The goal of this special issue is to address research concerning risks and problems related to the diagnosis and therapy of adenomyosis and myomata. During the last years, there have been several controversies in the scientific community re…

Objective: Postoperative adhesions occur in 80% of cases of gynecological surgery. Therefore evidence-based recommendations have been made to improve surgeons´ knowledge of postoperative adhesion formation and preventive strategies. The obj…

Adenomyosis or endometriosis genitalis interna is a frequent benign disease of women in fertile age. It causes symptoms like bleeding disorders and dysmenorrhea and seems to have a negative effect on fertility. Adenomyosis can be part of a …

PURPOSE: To compare hospital versus individual surgeon's perioperative outcomes for laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH), and to assess the relationship between surgeon experience and perioperative outcomes. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of …

Objective The main objectives of our study were to demonstrate that laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) or total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) can be performed safely even in patients with a uterine weight ≥ 500 g, to analyze th…

There is molecular evidence that endometriosis has a negative impact on the ovaries, although the exact pathophysiology concerning endometriosis-associated subfertility is not known. The negative impact on the tubo-ovarian unit can be direc…

Considering the diverse functions of B cells, responses to tumor-associated antigens (TAA) have been thought to be the main source of B cell-mediated antitumor immunity. Polymorphic epithelial mucin (MUC1) is considered one of the most spec…

PURPOSE: Risk factors for post-surgical adhesions following gynaecological surgery have been identified, but their relative importance has not been precisely determined. No practical tool exists to help gynaecological surgeons evaluate the …

The present survey was conducted among gynaecological surgeons from several European countries to assess the actual knowledge and practice related to post-surgical adhesions and measures for reduction. From September 1, 2012 to February 6, …

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the clinical profile of a concomitant diagnosis of adenomyosis in women with leiomyomas. DESIGN: Retrospective questionnaire-based study. SETTING: Academic medical center. PATIENT(S): The study sample comprised a …

PURPOSE: To compare women undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy with adenomyosis and women with leiomyomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective and questionnaire-based study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uni…

We here present the full text of a patient leaflet we have designed, and routinely use, to provide preoperative education about adhesions to patients undergoing open or laparoscopic gynaecological surgery. The leaflet presents appropriate, …

BACKGROUND: Adhesions lead to considerable patient morbidity and are a mounting burden on surgeons and the health care system alike. Although adhesion formation is the most frequent complication in abdominal and pelvic surgery, many surgeon…

Abstract Postoperative adhesions have become the most common complication of open or laparoscopic abdominal surgery and a source of major concern because of their potentially dramatic consequences. The proposed guideline is the beginning of…

Postoperative adhesions have become the most common complication of open or laparoscopic abdominal surgery and a source of major concern because of their potentially dramatic consequences. The proposed guideline is the beginning of a major …

The objective of this study was to elucidate the clinical profile of adenomyosis by comparison with uterine leiomyomas.