Prognostic Value of Serum Creatinine Levels in Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.

Aim: To evaluate preoperative serum creatinine level as a prognostic parameter in patients with primary epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Patients And Methods: In a retrospective cohort study, serum levels of creatinine were evaluated in 498 patients with EOC. Data were extracted from our prospectively maintained database.

Prognostic value of preoperative hyponatremia and thrombocytosis in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.

Background: Preoperative hyponatremia and thrombocytosis are associated with perioperative morbidity in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). The aim of the present study was to evaluate preoperative hyponatremia and thrombocytosis as prognostic parameters in patients with EOC.

Methods: In a retrospective cohort study, serum levels of sodium and thrombocyte counts were evaluated in 498 patients with EOC.

Compartment syndrome after gynecologic laparoscopy: systematic review of the literature and establishment of normal values for postoperative serum creatine kinase and myoglobin levels.

Purpose: To evaluate published evidence in the literature on compartment syndrome (CS) in association with gynecologic surgery and to establish postoperative normal values for serum creatine kinase (CK) and myoglobin.

Methods: The present study consists of a case report of a patient with CS, a systematic review including 37 studies and 86 patients with CS, and a retrospective cohort study of 300 patients undergoing various types of laparoscopy for benign or malignant diseases in order to establish postoperative normal values.

Results: We report on a patient with early-stage ovarian cancer, who developed CS after laparoscopic surgery with massively elevated serum CK and myoglobin levels, i.

Quality of websites of obstetrics and gynecology departments: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The internet has become an easily accessible and widely used source of healthcare information. There are, however, no standardized or commonly accepted criteria for the quality of Obstetrics and Gynecology websites. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the quality of websites of Obstetrics and Gynecology departments in German-speaking countries and to compare websites nationally and internationally.

Plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with benign and malignant ovarian tumors.

Objective: Plasma fibrinogen is a key acute phase protein and known to be elevated in ovarian cancer. We aimed to investigate the association between plasma fibrinogen and malignant and benign ovarian tumors.

Methods: In a retrospective, single-center study, we evaluated preoperative plasma fibrinogen levels in 471 patients with benign and in 224 patients with malignant (borderline ovarian tumor [BOT]: n=36, epithelial ovarian cancer [EOC]: n=188) ovarian tumors.

A novel training model for the loop electrosurgical excision procedure: an innovative replica helped workshop participants improve their LEEP.

We wanted to evaluate the feasibility and effect of a hands-on loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) 2.5-day intensive surgical skills workshop, using a novel training model on porcine tissue. Hands-on simulation-based training was conducted to emphasize colposcopy, local anesthesia, uterine cervix and vulva punch biopsy, LEEP, and complication management.