J. Keckstein

Die Menstruation kann als Inbegriff der weiblichen Physiologie gesehen werden. Beginnend von der Menarche über Schwangerschaft bis hin zur Menopause bestimmt die Blutung das Leben der Frau (mehr oder weniger). Sie unterliegt differenzierten…

Fragestellung: Die Endometriose stellt neben Malignomen des weiblichen Genitale die häufigste Ursache für organdestruktives Wachstum im kleinen Becken dar, wodurch sich klassische Symptome wie Dypareunie, Dysmenorrhoe, Dysdefäkation oder Dy…

OBJECTIVE: Case report of a successful treatment of ovarian endometriosis by laparoscopic ovariopexy in infertile women. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Institute for Postgraduate Medical Ed…

UNLABELLED: Patients with severe endometriosis involving the rectovaginal septum and bowel makes surgery necessary. The laparoscopic approach offers the possibility to perform the complete resection with minimal invasive techniques. Small l…

Adenomyosis, a disease of the myometrium, can be diagnosed by hysteroscopy. Histologic specimens removed by transcervical punch biopsies or loop resection give more information on the depth of the adenomyosis. Symptomatic superficial adenom…

Operative treatment of endometriosis is the most important part of the therapeutic concept. It is important for the verification of the diagnosis and offers also the possibility to remove all visible lesions and to restore partially destroy…

Lasers have been in use for 15 years in laparoscopic surgery. The CO2-laser in particular has become very popular in the field of gynaecology for the treatment of endometriosis and adhesions. Results achieved with the CO2-laser seem to be s…

Treatment of intramural endometriosis of the bladder using the Nd:YAG laser is described. An operative cystoscope fitted with a 600 µ fibre is introduced into the bladder. At a power setting of 50 W, superficial coagulation of the visible l…

As a new treatment model for endometriosis, photodynamic therapy (PDT) was applied to endometrium cultures. Endometriosis is a benign disease. Therefore primary cultures were used instead of cell lines. Endometrium is composed of epithelial…

As a new treatment model for endometriosis, photodynamic therapy was applied to endometriotic and endometrial cultures. It could be demonstrated that both endometrial components (epithelium and stroma) were present in the cultures, proved b…