Recent publications

Tinelli A, Hurst BS, Hudelist G, Tsin DA, Stark M, Mettler L, Guido M, Malvasi A. Laparoscopic myomectomy focusing on the myoma pseudocapsule: technical and outcome reports. Hum Reprod. 2011 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Guido M, Cavallotti C, Dell'edera D, Zizza A, Di Renzo GC, Stark M, Bettocchi S. Effect of avoiding bladder flap formation in caesarean section on repeat caesarean delivery. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2011;159(2):300-4;

Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Cavallotti C, Dell'Edera D, Tsin DA, Stark M, Mettler L. The management of fibroids based on immunohistochemical studies of their pseudocapsules. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2011;15(11):1241-7.

Tsin DA, Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Davila F, Jesus R, Castro-Perez R. Laparoscopy and Natural Orifice Surgery: First Entry Safety Surveillance Step. JSLS. 2011 15(2):133-5.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Rahimi S, D'Agnese G, Rotoni C, Dell'edera D, Tsin DA, Cavallotti C. A three-dimensional morphological reconstruction of uterine leiomyoma pseudocapsule vasculature by the Allen-Cahn mathematical model.Biomed Pharmacother. 2011 Jun 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Tsin DA. Laparoscopy rein and cushion: Strategies in single incision laparoscopy surgery and natural orifice surgery. obgyn.net. Vol. No. September 13, 2011.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Brizzi A, Guido M, Laterza F, De Nunzio G, Bochicchio M, Ghi T, Stark M, Benhamou D, Di Renzo G. Intrapartum sonography head transverse and asynclitic diagnosis with and without epidural analgesia initiated early during the first stage of labor. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2011;15(5):518-23.

Davila FJ, Tsin DA, Gutierrez LS, Lemus J, Jesus R, Davila MR, Torres-Morales J. Transvaginal single port cholecystectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2011;21(3):203-6.

Mettler L, Reich H, Feng L, Puntambekar S, Gallinat A, Stark M. Hysterectomy: Current Methods and Alternatives. Obstetrics and Gynecology International, vol. 2010, Article ID 705073, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/705073

Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Gustapane S, Buscarini M, Gill IS, Stark M, Nezhat FR, Mettler L. Robotic Assisted Surgery in Gynecology: Current Insights and Future Perspectives. Recent Pat Biotechnol. 2011 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Stark M. Optimised meta-analysis should be based on standardised methods. BJOG. 2011 May;118(6):765-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02938.x.

Benhidjeb T, Stark M. Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy (eMIT): Safety First! World J Surg. 2011;35(8):1936-7

Benhidjeb T, Witzel K, Stark M, Mann O. Transoral thyroid and parathyroid surgery: still experimental! Surg Endosc. 2011 Jul;25(7):2411-3.

Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Guido M, Tsin DA, Hudelist G, Hurst B, Stark M, Mettler L. Adhesion formation after intracapsular myomectomy with or without adhesion barrier. Fertil Steril. 2011 Apr;95(5):1780-5.

Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Manca C, Alemanno G, Bettocchi S, Benhidjeb T. Post-laparoscopic mesh in post-menopausal umbilical hernia repair: A case series. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2011 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Guido M, Tsin DA, Hudelist G, Stark M, Mettler L. Laparoscopy Entry in Patients With Previous Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery. Surg Innov. 2011 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print]

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Cavallotti C, Morroni M, Tsin Daniel A, Camran N, Stark M, Mettler L. Distribution of Substance P (SP) and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) in pseudocapsules of uterine fibroids. Peptides. 2011;32(2):327-32.

Malvasi A, Di Renzo GC (ed.), Ecografia intrapartum, Bari: Edizioni Giuseppe Laterza, 2010. ISBN 9788882315733

Tsin DA, Davila F, Dominguez G, Manolas P. Secured independent tools in peritoneoscopy. JSLS. 2010;14(2):256-8.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Brizzi A, Guido M, Martino V, Casciaro S, Celleno D, Frigo MG, Stark M, Benhamou D. Intrapartum sonography for occiput posterior detection in early low dose combined spinal epidural analgesia by sufentanil and ropivacaine. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2010; 14: 799-806.

Benhidjeb T, Witzel K, Burghardt J, Bärlehner E, Stark M, Mann O. Endoscopic minimally invasive thyroidectomy: ethical and patients safety considerations on the first clinical experience of an innovative approach. Surg Endosc. 2010 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Cavallotti C, Bettocchi S, Di Renzo GC, Stark M. Substance P (SP) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the lower uterine segment in first and repeated cesarean sections. Peptides. 2010;31(11):2052-9.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Guido M, Zizza A, Farine D, Stark M. Should the visceral peritoneum at the bladder flap closed at cesarean sections? A post-partum sonographic and clinical assessment. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010;23(7):662-9.

Stark M. Misgav-Ladach-Sectio – Operationsmethode im Detail. Gynaekologie & Geburtshilfe 2010;5:27-30. (Download)

Richmon JD, Pattani KM, Benhidjeb T, Tufano RP. Transoral robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: A preclinical feasibility study in 2 cadavers. Head Neck. 2010 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Benhidjeb T, Stark M. An innovative technique for colorectal specimen retrieval: a new era of "Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction" (N.O.S.E.). Dis Colon Rectum. 2010;53(4):502-3; author reply 503.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Stark M, Pontrelli G, Brizzi A, Wetzl RG, Benhamou D. Low-dose sequential combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia in elective stark caesarean section: a preliminary cohort study. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2010;14(3):215-21.

Benhidjeb T, Stark M. An innovative technique for colorectal specimen retrieval: a new era of "Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction" (N.O.S.E.). Dis Colon Rectum. 2010;53(4):502-3; author reply 503.

Tsin DA, Castro-Perez R, Davila MR, Davila F. Postoperative Patient Attitudes and Perceptions of Transvaginal Cholecystectomy. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2010;20(2):119-21.

Wilhelm T, Harlaar JJ, Kerver A, Kleinrensink GJ, Benhidjeb T. Surgical anatomy of the floor of the oral cavity and the cervical spaces as a rationale for trans-oral, minimal-invasive endoscopic surgical procedures: results of anatomical studies. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2010;267(8):1285-90.

Stark M, Di Renzo GC, Benhidjeb T. Natural orifice surgery (NOS) – toward a single-port transdouglas approach for intra-abdominal procedures. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2010;148(2):114-7.

Benhidjeb T, Harlaar J, Kerver A, Kleinrensink GJ, Wilhelm T. [Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy : Part 2: Surgical technique]. Chirurg. 2010;81(2):134-8.

Wilhelm T, Harlaar J, Kerver A, Kleinrensink GJ, Benhidjeb T. [Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy. Part 1: rationale and anatomical studies]. Chirurg. 2010;81(1):50-5.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Stark M, Il taglio cesareo: confronto fra tecniche chirurgiche, in: Di Renzo, GC (ed.), Trattato di Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Rome: Verduci Editor, 2009: I, 1453-1475. ISBN 9788876208126.

Tinelli A, Malvasi A, Istre O, Keckstein J, Stark M, Mettler L. Abdominal access in gynaecological laparoscopy: a comparison between direct optical and blind closed access by Verres needle. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2009 Nov 17. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 19926203.

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Di Renzo GC, Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS) – Toward a transdouglas approach for intra-abdominal procedures. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2009 Nov 17. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 19926205.

Stark M, Episiotomy – The Destructive Tradition, Gyneco ro 2009; 5-3(17):142-5. (Download)

Benhidjeb T, Stark M, NOS – Natural Orifice Surgery: Eine Option für die Gynäkologie. Gynäkologie Geburtshilfe 2009; 9:28-31.

Benhidjeb T, Wilhelm T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TA, Stark M, Reply to: doi:10.1007/s00464-009-0677-y: Re: Natural orifice surgery on thyroid gland-totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT)-report of first experimental results of a new surgical method (2009 (23):1119-1120), Surg Endosc. 2009 Sep 16. (Download)

Barnea O, Luria O, Jaffa A, Stark M, Fox HE, Farine D, Relations between fetal head descent and cervical dilatation during individual uterine contractions in the active stage of labor, in: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research, 2009;35(4):654-9. (Download)

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Natural orifice surgery – the future of abdominal surgery, in: Proceedings of the 8^th Turkish-German Gynecology Congress, ed.: TAJEV Turkish-German Gynecological Education and Research Foundation:76-7.

Stark M, Episiotomy – destructive traditions: The anti-episiotomy campaign, in: Proceedings of the 8^th Turkish-German Gynecology Congress, ed.: TAJEV Turkish-German Gynecological Education and Research Foundation:45-6.

Stark M, God is in the details, in: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gineco.ro, 2009, 5(2):115-6. (Download)

Benhidjeb T, Wilhelm T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TA, Stark M, Natural orifice surgery on thyroid gland: totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT): report of first experimental results of a new surgical method, in: Surg Endosc. 2009 May;23(5):1119-20.

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Farine D, Rahimi S, Cavallotti C, Vergara D, Martignago R, Stark M, Effects of visceral peritoneal closure on scar formation at casarean delivery, in: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 May;105(2):131-5. (Download)

Stark M, Gerli S, Di Renzo GC, The importance of analyzing and standardizing surgical methods, in: J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2009;16(2):122-5. (Download)

Stark M, In the era of "non-closure of the peritoneum", how to open it? (Not every simple method is optimal, but every optimal method is simple), in: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 2009, 88(1): 119.

Stark M (ed.), Der Kaiserschnitt ('Caesarean Section'), München: Elsevier, 2008. ISBN 978-3-437-24310-3

Benhidjeb T, Burghardt J, Stark M, Novel technologies for natural orifice surgery: An overview, in: Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol, 2008;17(6):346-54.

Goerke K, Stark M, Geburtshilfliche Operationen, in: Goerke K, Steller J, Valet A (eds.), Klinikleitfaden Gynäkologie Geburtshilfe, München/Jena: Urban & Fischer, 2008. ISBN 978-3-437-22212-2

Wilhelm T, Krüger J, Benhidjeb T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TAJ, Stark M, Ultrasound studies on the shift of cervical tissues in different head and neck positions – impact on transoral, sublingual thyroidectomy, in: Kronreif G, Joachim Kettenbach J (eds.), Proceedings of the SMIT’2008 Conference, Seibersdorf: PROFACTOR Research and Solutions GmbH, 2008:242. ISBN 3-902087-25-0

Wilhelm T, Benhidjeb T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TAJ, Stark M, Surgical anatomy of the floor of the mouth and the cervical spaces as a rationale for transoral, minimal-invasive and endoscopic procedures – results of cadaver studies, in: Kronreif G, Joachim Kettenbach J (eds.), Proceedings of the SMIT’2008 Conference, Seibersdorf: PROFACTOR Research and Solutions GmbH, 2008:220. ISBN 3-902087-25-0

Benhidjeb T, Wilhelm T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TAJ, Stark M, Totally transoral videoassisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT) – First experimental results of a new surgical method, in: Kronreif G, Joachim Kettenbach J (eds.), Proceedings of the SMIT’2008 Conference, Seibersdorf: PROFACTOR Research and Solutions GmbH, 2008:217. ISBN 3-902087-25-0

Stark M, Benhidjeb B, Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS) – The transdouglas approach for intra-abdominal procedures, in: Kronreif G, Joachim Kettenbach J (eds.) Proceedings of the SMIT’2008 Conference, Seibersdorf: PROFACTOR Research and Solutions GmbH, 2008. ISBN 3-902087-25-0

Stark M, Baberg H, Primum non nocere. The WHO Surgery Safety Checklist, in: Laparoscopy Today, 2008, 7(2): 15-8. (Download)

Witzel K, Benhidjeb T, Bärlehner E, Stark M, Draf W, Stand und Stellenwert der video-assistierten Schilddrüsenchirurgie. The present place of video-assisted procedures in thyroid surgery, in: Laryngorhinootologie, 2008, 87(9): 623-7. (Download)

Wilhelm T, Krüger J, Benhidjeb T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TAJ, Stark M, Ultrasound Studies on the Shift of Cervical Tissues in Different Head and Neck Positions – Impact on Trans-oral, Sublingual Thyroidectomy, in: Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2008, 17(4): 242.

Wilhelm T, Benhidjeb T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TAJ, Stark M, Surgical anatomy of the floor of the mouth and the cervical spaces as a rational for transoral, minimally invasive and endoscopic procedures – results of cadaver studies, in: Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2008, 17(4): 220-1.

Benhidjeb T, Wilhelm T, Harlaar J, Kleinrensink GJ, Schneider TAJ, Stark M, Totally transoral videoassisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT) – first experimental results of a new surgical method, in: Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2008, 17(4): 217.

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Natural Orifice Surgery: Transdouglas surgery – a new concept, in: JSLS, 2008, 12(3): 295-8. (Download)

Stark M, Hoyme U, Stubert B, Kieback D, Di Renzo GC, Post-cesarean adhesions – are they a unique entity?, in: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 2008, 21(8): 513-6. (Download)

Malvasi A, Tinelli A, Casciaro S, Tinelli R, Pacella E, Stark M, Use of Minimally Invasive Technologies to Reduce Endoscopic Complications in Gynecology, in: Casciaro S, Samset E (eds.): Minimally Invasive Technologies and Nanosystems for Diagnosis and Therapies: Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, 2008, 31-42. ISBN 978-88-902880-2-9

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Back to the Fingertips, in: Casciaro S, Samset E 2008 (eds.): Minimally Invasive Technologies and Nanosystems for Diagnosis and Therapies: Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, 2008, 83-88. ISBN 978-88-902880-2-9

Stark M, The Misgav Ladach Method – A simplified Cesarean Section, in: ARS Medica Tomitana, 2008, XIII/2(49).

Harlaar JJ, Kleinrensink GJ, Hop WCJ, Stark M, Schneider AJ, The anatomical limits of the posterior vaginal vault toward its use as route for intra-abdominal procedures, in: Surg Endosc, 2008, 22(8): 1910–2 (Download)

Witzel K, Riester U, Arps H, Kronsbein H, Benhidjeb T, Abszendierende Mastitis durch eine Ösophagusfistel, in: Wien Klin Wochenschr, 2008, 120(3-4): 118-120. (Download)

Witzel K, von Rahden BH, Kaminski C, Stein HJ, Transoral access for endoscopic thyroid resection, in: Surg Endosc, 2008, 22(8): 1871-5. (Download)

Witzel K, Kaminski C, Rauschhardt M, Parzeller M, Die venöse Blutentnahme im klinischen Alltag, in: Dtsch Med Wochenschr, 2007, 132(47): 2495-9.

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Natural Orifice Surgery: Use of the Transdouglas Endoscopical Device for intraabdominal procedures, in: Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2007, 16:5, 278-9.

Witzel K, Intramedulläre Osteosynthese bei Schaftfrakturen der Klavikula in der Sporttraumatologie / Intramedullary Osteosynthesis in Fractures of the Mid-Third of the Clavicle in Sports Traumatology, in: Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, 2007, 145(5): 639-42. (Download).

Stark M, Gerli S, Di Renzo GC, Ten Step Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Different Approach for Different Challenges, in: 1st International AAGL Congress and 4th SEGI Annual Meeting, 2007, Palermo: AAGL. ISBN 978-88-7587-363-9

Bärlehner E, Benhidjeb T, Cervical scarless endoscopic thyroidectomy: Axillo-bilateral-breast approach (ABBA), in: Surg Endosc, 2008, 22(1): 154-7. Epub 2007 Apr 13. (Download).

Stark M, Indikation zur Episiotomie, in: Wacker J, Sillem M, Bastert G, Beckmann MW (eds.): Therapiehandbuch Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, 2007, Heidelberg: Springer, 149-52. ISBN 978-3-540-30097-7

Stark M, Misgav-Ladach-Sektio (Der "sanfte" Kaiserschnitt), in: Wacker J, Sillem M, Bastert G, Beckmann MW (eds.): Therapiehandbuch Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, 2007, Heidelberg: Springer, 167-74. ISBN 978-3-540-30097-7

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Endoscopic surgery in the 21st century, in: Endoscopic Rev, 2007, 27, 5-10. (Download)

Stark M, Benhidjeb T, Transcolonic endoscopic cholecystectomy: a NOTES survival study in a porcine model. Gastrointest Endosc, 2007, 66(1): 208-9; author reply 209-10.

Benhidjeb T, Witzel K, Bärlehner E, Stark M, Das Natural-Orifice-Surgery- (NOS-( Konzept – Vision und Rationale für einen Paradigmenwechsel, in: Der Chirurg, 2007, 78(6): 537-42.

Stark M, The Future of Abdominal Surgery, A Paradigm Shift, in: Casciaro S, Gersak B (eds.), New Technology Frontiers in Minimally Invasive Therapies, 2007, Lecce : Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, 172-6. ISBN 978-88-902880-1-2

Stark M, Gerli S, Di Renzo GC, The Ten Step Vaginal Hysterectomy, A Method Description, in: Mettler L (ed.), Manual of New Hysterectomy Techniques. 1(1), 2007, New Delhi: Jaypee Brother, 30-5. ISBN 81-8448-127-6

An example for an optimized technique: Stark M, Gerli S, Di Renzo GC, The Ten-Step Vaginal Hysterectomy, in: Progress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2006, 17, 358-68. (Download)

Biro P, Bättig U, Henderson J, Seifert B, First clinical experience of tracheal intubation with the SensaScope, a novel steerable semirigid video stylet, in: Br J Anaesth, 2006, 97 (2): 255-61. Epub 2006 Jun 1.

Rosen A, Glaser AY, Respler D, Hemangioendothelioma of the orbit in a 3-month-old infant, in: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, 2006, 1: 188-91. (Download)

Maly A, Goshen G, Sela J, Pinelis A, Stark M, Maly B, Histomorphometric study of placental villi vascular volume in toxemia and diabetes, in: Human Pathology, 2005, 36, 1074-9.