Publications by authors named "Benedikt Gerdes"
Audio and audiovisual distraction can be effective additive tools to reduce anxiety and pain in patients receiving outpatient procedures (OP). Audiovisual distraction tools already showed positive effects on pain perception in some urological procedures. To identify the effects of audio and audiovisual distraction on pain and anxiety in patients receiving perineal prostate biopsy (PPB), we performed a prospective randomized controlled study.
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- Simulation-based training in urology is becoming increasingly important, and a study assessed its impact on the surgical confidence of residents after a workshop focused on ureteroscopy (URS) and transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB).
- The workshop involved 40 participants, and results showed that while men generally reported higher surgical confidence before and after the session, both genders experienced an increase in confidence after the training.
- Despite achieving similar surgical performance outcomes, women were less confident in performing URS tasks compared to men, indicating a gap that could be addressed through targeted support and training.
Objectives: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a cell surface glycoprotein that represents a promising therapeutic target. Serum measurement of shedded CEA can be utilized for monitoring of cancer patients.
Material And Methods: To evaluate the potential clinical significance of CEA expression in urothelial bladder neoplasms, CEA was analysed by immunohistochemistry in more than 2500 urothelial bladder carcinomas in a tissue microarray format.