E. Lehmann‐Willenbrock

The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits, feasibility and limitations of laparoscopic myomectomy. It was a retrospective review (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2) at a university-based primary treatment centre for end…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Laparoscopy is the standard method to visually identify endometriotic lesions under magnification within and outside the minor pelvis. The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy of laparoscopic visualization…

From 1987 to 1991 a total of 5035 pelviscopies were done at the Kiel University Hospital of Gynaecology. More than 90% of these were surgical pelviscopies, whereas less than 10% were diagnostic procedures only. Serious complications requiri…

Between September 1991 and December 1993, 253 patients were operated on using the Classical Intrafascial SEMM (Serrated Edged Macro Morcellator) Hysterectomy (CISH) technique. One hundred fifty-two patients were assigned to pelviscopic CISH…

Adenomatous hyperplasia of the endometrium requires either gestagen treatment or hysterectomy, depending on the patient's age and grade of hyperplasia. 51 patients, in whom adenomatous hyperplasia of grade I-III had been ascertained by cure…

30 patients who had been hysterectomized at the Kiel University Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and 83 patients who had undergone tubal sterilization by monopolar high frequency current or by endocoagulation according to Semm, were inv…

Previous studies have shown that simple hysterectomy with both ovaries left intact may cause ovarian failure. Questionnaires on climacteric symptoms were mailed to 243 patients between 27 and 42 years old who had been hysterectomized during…