Students' attitudes toward digital learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey conducted following an online course in gynecology and obstetrics.

Purpose: The purpose of this survey was to assess medical students' opinions about online learning programs and their preferences for specific teaching formats during COVID 19 pandemic.

Methods: Between May and July 2020, medical students who took an online gynecology and obstetrics course were asked to fill in a questionnaire anonymously. The questionnaire solicited their opinions about the course, the teaching formats used (online lectures, video tutorials featuring real patient scenarios, and online practical skills training), and digital learning in general.

Incidence of and risk factors for vaginal cuff dehiscence following total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a monocentric hospital analysis.

Purpose: Vaginal cuff dehiscence (VCD) is one of the major surgical complications following hysterectomy with data on incidence rates varying largely and studies assessing risk factors being sparse with contradictive results. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence rate of and risk factors for VCD in a homogenous cohort of women treated for benign uterine pathologies via total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) with standardized follow-up.

Methods: All patients undergoing TLH at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Saarland University Hospital between November 2010 and February 2019 were retrospectively identified from a prospectively maintained service database.

A standardized simulation training program to type 1 loop electrosurgical excision of the transformation zone: a prospective observational study.

Purpose: To evaluate a simulation-based standardized training program for type 1 loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) under direct colposcopic vision in postgraduate teaching.

Methods: Seventeen participants (five experienced and 12 novice surgeons) performed 170 simulated cervical excisional procedures. Each participant performed 10 type 1 (cone length between 8 and 10 mm) excisional procedures under direct colposcopic vision on a low-fidelity simulator.

Preoperative morphological diagnosis of axillary lymph nodes in a breast center consultation service: evaluation of fine-needle aspiration and core biopsy techniques.

Purpose: Preoperative routine examination of axillary lymph nodes (ALN) in breast cancer patients is carried out physically and by ultrasound imaging; unsuspicious nodes will lead to a sentinel node (SN) procedure, suspicious ones require axillary dissection (AD). Pre-operative biopsy techniques like fine needle aspiration (FNA) or core biopsy (CB) may reduce the number of false "suspicious" cases and prevent overtreatment. We evaluated the effectiveness of both biopsy techniques.

Conisation course for medical students-experience from a German University Hospital.

Objective: Conisation of the cervix is one of the most common surgical procedures in gynaecology. Nevertheless, surgical expertise is required because if the cone is too small, the oncological risk increases and if the cone is too large, the obstetric risk increases. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the suitability of an in-house conisation simulator for teaching medical students the practical performance of conisation.

Identification of 3q oncogene SEC62 as a marker for distant metastasis and poor clinical outcome in invasive ductal breast cancer.

Purpose: In previous studies, we have shown that SEC62 has an essential function in cell migration, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and endoplasmic reticulum stress tolerance of cancer cells. SEC62 expression correlated with distant and lymph node metastasis and poor outcome in different cancer entities. In this initial study, we investigated SEC62 expression and its possible role as a prognostic and predictive biomarker in breast cancer (BC).

Sec62/Ki67 and p16/Ki67 dual-staining immunocytochemistry in vulvar cytology for the identification of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia and vulvar cancer: a pilot study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the diagnostic performance of a newly established immunocytochemical dual-staining protocol for the simultaneous expression of SEC62 and Ki67 in vulvar liquid-based cytology specimens for the identification of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) and vulvar cancer. In addition, we investigated the p16/Ki67 dual stain, which has already been established in cervical cytology.

Materials And Methods: For this pilot study, residual material from liquid-based cytology was collected retrospectively from 45 women.

Introduction of a learning model for type 1 loop excision of the transformation zone of the uterine cervix in undergraduate medical students: a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: We address the impact of applying loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) under direct colposcopic vision teaching to our undergraduates using a self-developed simulation model and a standardized assessment to evaluate the progress of learning.

Methods: The undergraduate teaching module was composed of a theoretical course on cervical dysplasia, colposcopy, electrosurgery and excisional procedures of the uterine cervix. This was followed by hands-on practical rounds.

Sec62/Ki67 dual staining in cervical cytology specimens: a new marker for high-grade dysplasia.

Purpose: In the previous studies, we demonstrated that Sec62 is essential for tumor cell migration, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and intracellular stress tolerance. An increase in Sec62 expression correlated with an increase in cervical dysplasia severity in liquid-based cytology specimens. Ki67 is an established proliferation marker.