K Bühler

Considerable costs are associated with infertility treatment, but little evidence is available on the main drivers of treatment costs. This cost analysis investigated key costs for treatment with assisted reproductive technology (ART) and t…

Introduction Endometriosis significantly reduces patients' quality of life and is additionally a burden on healthcare and social security systems. There are currently no quality indicators for the treatment of endometriosis. The care of pat…

Comment on: Diagnostic Benefit of the Detection of Mitotic Figures in Endometriotic LesionsGeburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2022; 82(01): 85-92DOI: 10.1055/a-1580-0601

PurposeThis study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of endometriosis in infertile women of couples with non-male factor infertility.MethodsA retrospective validation analysis was carried out of consecutive women of infertile couples…

Endometriosis affects a significant number of young premenopausal women. Quite apart from the medical challenges, endometriosis is a relevant burden for healthcare and social security systems. Standardized quality indicators for the treatme…

PurposeTo determine the influence of endometriosis on the ovarian response during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation measured by number of oocytes retrieved and the follicular output rate (FORT).MethodsA retrospective, single center study …

Endometriose und Fertilitätsstörungen: Endometriose reduziert die Fertilität um etwa 50%. In frühen Stadien funktionell in fortgeschrittenen Stadien zusätzlich mechanisch.

ObjectiveA computer based, temperature controlled bipolar coagulation system has been developed.Study designEndometriosis was induced in 39 mature female rats by means of transplantation of endometrium on the peritoneal wall near the ovary.…

Medical oestrogen suppressive therapy has to be considered as an important principle in the management of endometriosis. In the last years GnRHa became the "gold standard" as pre or postoperative measures before/after surgical intervention.…

ObjectiveIn our previous study, 119 patients with histologically confirmed endometriosis underwent a 'three-step' therapy between 1987 and 1989, where surgical removal of endometriosis was followed by a 6 month treatment with 3 x 300 microg…

The aim of this study was to obtain data about the pregnancy rate in patients with uterine leiomyomata after treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists followed by myomectomy. Between 1987 and 1993, 61 patients with uteri…

In a previous study 198 patients with histologically confirmed endometriosis underwent a "three-step" therapy, where surgical removal of endometriosis implants was followed by a 6 months treatment with 3.75 mg leuprorelinacetate depot as mo…

Endometriosis was induced in 40 mature female rats by means of transplantation of endometrium on the peritoneum near the ovary. Three weeks later, all the rats were laparotomized and they were randomized into four groups according to treatm…

A phase III multicentre study was carried out with the GnRH agonist buserelin (Suprecur) at five university institutions (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Essen, Kiel, Tübingen, Münster and Erlangen) to evaluate the effect of Busereli…

In an open, non-randomized prospective phase-III-study the clinical and endocrine efficacy as well as the safety of leuprorelin acetate depot (Enantone-Gyn Monats-Depot) were investigated. The therapeutic results of 198 patients, gathered f…

27 patients of the department of gynecology and obstetrics of the university of Essen received a six month therapy with the GnRH-analogon triptorelin because of endometriosis diagnosed by laparoscopy. All the patients experienced not only a…

The plasmatic parameters of coagulatory and fibrinolytic activity were studied in 15 patients with biopsy-proven endometriosis treated with leuprorelin acetate for 6 months. Bleeding time remained constant, indicating the absence of increas…

During the past decade, the development of various gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) agonists, which induce reversible hypo-oestrogenism has opened a new area in the medical management of endometriosis. In an open, multicentre phase I…