Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis affects around 10-15% of women of reproductive age worldwide. Despite its prevalence and the considerable pain and psychological stress associated with the disease, the care of those affected is associated with num…

INTRODUCTION: In the ongoing effort to identify or develop the optimal classification system for endometriosis, there is a paucity of data regarding the association between currently used classification systems and operative times. This stu…

Objective The objective of this revised official guideline, published by the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and coordinated in the joint guidelines program of the DGGG, the Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics…

TARGET GROUP: Physicians interested in endometriosis and infertility as well as medical teams in reproductive medicine and endometriosis centers. OBJECTIVE: A practical guide for clinical decision-making. This guide was compiled by the wor…

INTRODUCTION: Dysmenorrhea is a common and disabling condition in women. We investigate the prevalence of endocrine dysmenorrhea treatment (EDT) and the use of pain medication in dysmenorrhea patients without surgically treated endometriosi…

BACKGROUND: For the first time, an S3 guideline on complementary medicine in oncology was published in 2021, 2024 in May version 2.0 was published. The broad spectrum of complementary and integrative medicine was presented at the highest le…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a very common benign condition in women. In recent years certification of health care institutions has led to a more standardized care for endometriosis patients, aiming at improving the quality of diagnosis a…

Die Endometriose gilt als eine der häufigsten gynäkologischen Erkrankungen. Eine Diagnose kann jedoch mehrere Jahre auf sich warten lassen. Um die Versorgung der Betroffenen zu verbessern und die Auswirkungen der Erkrankung auf deren Lebens…

AIM: Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder characterized by endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. This study evaluates the vascularization and proliferation of human endometriosis and endometrium tissues engrafted onto the chorioa…

BACKGROUND: The dynamic advances in robot-assisted surgery have particularly affected gynecological surgery. An analysis of the surgical data of robot-assisted procedures, starting when the procedure is first introduced into a surgical cent…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a disease which affects the quality of life and fertility of many young women. Choosing the right time for surgery is important for the outcome of patients. We evaluated the surgical variables affecting postoper…

The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) introduced a new staging system for endometrial carcinoma FIGO 2023 in June 2023. The new staging system differs significantly from previous versions by incorporating other n…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic disease associated with pain that affects at least 10% of all women of reproductive age. The symptoms of endometriosis have a negative impact on quality of life; they limit the patient physically and…

INTRODUCTION: After caesarean section a uterine niche can be detected in 42-84% of all women and in 11-45% large defects with a residual myometrium  50% of myometrial thickness, risk of uterine rupture during birth increases. The suturing t…

INTRODUCTION: About one in 500 pregnant women requires a surgical intervention that is not pregnancy-related. One of the most common surgical interventions during pregnancy is appendectomy. The primary aim of this study was to assess surgic…

Aim This official guideline was published and coordinated by the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG with the involvement of other medical societies. The aim was to provide a consensus-based overview of non-hormonal forms of contraception based on an eval…

Endometriosis patients face a significant economic burden. In addition to the directly attributable costs of the diagnosis and therapy of endometriosis, such as drug treatment and multimodal pain therapy, various indirect follow-up costs ca…

In many cases, outpatient surgical treatment of benign diseases of the uterus has advantages over inpatient care. This has been demonstrated by the healthcare situation in other countries. However, the prerequisite for the provision of outp…

Introduction After puberty, at least 10% of all women and girls suffer from endometriosis. Surgery is useful for both the diagnosis and therapy. To date, quality indicators for the surgical treatment of endometriosis are lacking. QS ENDO ai…

A heuristic tool called "the hallmarks of cancer" helps to reduce the enormous complexity of cancer phenotypes and genotypes to a preliminary set of guiding principles. Other aspects of cancer have surfaced as possible improvements in our u…

Hysteroscopy has been recognized as a reliable method for the evaluation of female infertility for several years. The outpatient setting is particularly convenient, as patients do not require general anesthesia and do not have to stay overn…

Artificial intelligence is steadily being integrated into all areas of medicine. In reproductive medicine, artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to improve the selection and prediction of sperm cells, oocytes, and embryos and to g…

INTRODUCTION: The way pupils and university students talk about sex does not reflect their real understanding of reproductive health issues. Therefore, we developed a survey for pupils and students in Tyrol, Austria, to evaluate the current…

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…

Study design Because of current demographic developments, a hypothesis was proposed whereby older female patients aged > 65 years can be safely operated using minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgery, despite having more preoperative co…