[Incidental finding of an intestinally differentiated adenocarcinoma in a tailgut cyst after robotic-assisted resection].

Due to pelvic symptoms, a diagnostic sectional imaging was initiated in a 52-year-old female patient. This revealed a cystic, retrorectal mass, suspected to be a tailgut cyst. Due to the symptoms and the unclear dignity after several frustrating endosonographic punctures, a robotic-assisted resection of the cystic Tumor was performed after careful interdisciplinary consultation.

Pelvic Exenteration in Advanced Gynecologic Malignancies - Who Will Benefit?

Background/aim: In selected patients, pelvic exenteration (PE) is curative, but morbidity and mortality are feared. Unfortunately, prerequisites for indicating PE are not generally defined. The aim of the study was to identify prognostic factors for survival after PE in advanced pelvic gynecological malignancies for finding possible prerequisites for the indication of PE.

Risk Factors for Severe Complications in Ovarian Cancer Surgery.

Unlabelled: Backround: Due to extensive surgical intervention for macroscopic complete cytoreduction in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients, severe complications in the postoperative course are possible.

Patients And Methods: A total of 345 EOC patients who underwent cytoreductive surgery were retrospectively evaluated regarding risk factors for an unfavorable postoperative course. Possible pre-, intra- and postoperative risk factors were statistically analyzed performing multivariate ordinal logistic regression.

Recurrent mucocutaneous infections caused by PVL-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains: a challenge in clinical practice.

Background: Recurrent mucocutaneous infections caused by PVL-positive Staphylococcus (S.) aureus strains represent an increasing problem in Germany. Although there have been several outbreaks at day care centers and in urban communities in recent years, there are currently no diagnostic algorithms or treatment recommendations for these particular infections in Germany.

Questionnaire based evaluation of the motivation of surgically treated patients to participate in preventative hygiene measures.

Nosocomial infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens demonstrate the continued need for preventive hygiene management strategies. Information and training of patients in their personal hygiene is a current requirement of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene, and is recommended by the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (, KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' existing knowledge of hygiene and their motivation to actively participate in preventive hygiene measures.

The Washing Machine as a Reservoir for Transmission of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase (CTX-M-15)-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca ST201 to Newborns.

During the period from April 2012 to May 2013, 13 newborns (1 to 4 weeks of age) and 1 child in a pediatric hospital ward in Germany were colonized with producing an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) (CTX-M-15). A microbiological source-tracking analysis with human and environmental samples was carried out to identify the source and transmission pathways of the clone. In addition, different hygienic intervention methods were evaluated.