S Mechsner
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· 26 papers in corpus
· active 2002-2025
Study types
- article 13
- other 6
- review 6
- letter 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 23
- die_deep_infiltrating 5
- adenomyosis 3
- infertility 3
- chronic_pelvic_pain 3
- dyspareunia 1
- bowel_endometriosis 1
- endometrioma 1
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other
2025
STUDY QUESTION: Does endometriosis affect the mental health of women using oral contraceptives? SUMMARY ANSWER: Among oral contraceptive users, women with endometriosis have a higher risk of depression compared to those without endometrios…
other
2025
BACKGROUND: Scar endometriosis (EM) is defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity within the scar region after abdominal or pelvic surgery. It is a form of abdominal wall EM. This systematic review address…
review
2022
Endometriosis is a common problem affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing age. It is a condition with unknown pathology, leaving us with several theories. However, about half of women with endometriosis complain of difficulty conceiving. T…
review
2022
Gynecological ultrasonography plays a central role in the management of endometriosis. The rapid technical development as well as the currently increasing evidence for non-invasive diagnostic methods require an updated compilation of recomm…
article
2021
It is defined by the presence of endometriosis in macroscopically normal-looking tissue. Even though there have been further studies, the meaning of OME is still unclear. Firstly, it could have an important status in the pathogenesis of end…
article
2021
PURPOSE: To analyze the follow-up results of patients suffering from symptomatic early-stage endometriosis after a consistent laparoscopic peritoneal stripping of the altered peritoneum (peritoneal endometriosis and surrounding inflamed tis…
article
2017
The aim of this study was to explore patient experiences and perceptions of adenomyosis.
review
2016
article
2016
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
2016
Introduction: Pelvic pain is a common problem in gynaecological practice. It is often unclear whether definite causality exists between reported symptoms and objective clinical findings of the female genital tract, and medical or operative …
article
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 pro…
article
2015
article
2015
other
2014
PURPOSE: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) endows cells with migratory and invasive properties, a prerequisite for the establishment of endometriotic lesions. However, the role EMT might play in the pathophysiology of endometriosis is…
letter
2014
article
2013
BACKGROUND: Recent studies demonstrated the potential involvement of nerve fibres in the chronic inflammatory process of endometriosis. We aimed to characterize nerve fibres in the proximal and distal areas of the peritoneal endometriotic l…
review
2013
STUDY QUESTION: Can we use chemokines as biomarkers to diagnose patients with endometriosis in clinical practice? SUMMARY ANSWER: Some chemokines, especially CXCL8 (IL-8), CCL-2 (MCP-1) and CCL5 (RANTES), have the potential to work as bioma…
review
2013
article
2012
article
2011
Einleitung: Aktuelle Publikationen konnten Nervenfasern (NF) in enger Lokalisation zu Endometrioseläsionen (EM-Läsionen) nachweisen. Passend dazu weisen EM-Läsionen und die Douglasflüssigkeit (DF) von Patientinnen mit Endometriose (EM) neur…
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 …
article
2011
Einleitung: Aktuell wird Endometriose durch das Vorkommen von Epithel- und Stromazellen außerhalb des Cavum uteri definiert. Doch auch Muskelzellen sind häufige Komponenten in Endometrioseläsionen, sind sie doch in allen Endometriosemanifes…
article
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…
review
2004
Endometriosis is considered a chronic disease of women during their reproductive phase, which resembles many signs of malignancy. So far, therapeutic options for endometriosis-associated pain and infertility are unsatisfactory and often lea…
other
2003
OBJECTIVE: Extragenital endometriosis is a rare form of endometriosis. Due to its invasive and metastatic properties it resembles some features of malignant tumours. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is a rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of pr…