Ivo Meinhold‐Heerlein

Recent data implicate an altered expression of progesterone receptor isoform A (PR-A) and B (PR-B) in the endometrium of endometriosis patients. This prospective exploratory study aimed to precisely determine the PR-A and PR-B expression us…

Zielsetzung: Die vielfältig unterschiedliche Symptomatik von Endometriose stellt behandelnde Ärzte vor große Herausforderungen: Bei symptomatischen Frauen mit fehlendem klinischen Korrelat soll die Laparoskopie möglichst sicher indiziert se…

Epidemiologische Studien berichten von einem erhöhten Risiko für Fertilitätsstörungen bei Frauen mit Endometriose. Die vorliegende Patientinnenerhebung zeigt einen Überblick über die Angaben von 842 Frauen mit und ohne Endometriose.

Ovarian tumors comprise a wide variety of entities. The largest group, epithelial ovarian carcinoma, can be classified into two main groups, type I and type II tumors. Recent advances in the understanding of ovarian cancer development have …

More than 25 years after the last revision, in 2012 the FIGO Oncology Committee began revising the FIGO classification for staging ovarian, Fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancers. The new classification has become effective with its …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate trends in the performance of hysterectomy at a single certified endoscopic teaching center. METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively from 953 patients who underwent hysterectomy between 2002 and 2010 for benig…

ObjectiveTo study altered hemopexin concentrations in peritoneal fluid (PF) samples from patients with endometriosis. Recent data implicate a role of altered iron metabolism in endometriosis patients. Hemopexin is the major transport protei…

Endometriosis is determined by local and systemic proinflammatory dysregulation and therefore differential protein expression in peritoneal fluid (PF). Of highest interest is lesion formation and the establishment and persistence of endomet…