Felix Merboth
University of Giessen
9 Papers
Felix Merboth is an academic researcher from University of Giessen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Bone remodeling. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications.
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Papers
An Optimized Approach to Perform Bone Histomorphometry.
Deeksha Malhan,Matthias Muelke,Matthias Muelke,Sebastian Rosch,Annemarie B. Schaefer,Felix Merboth,David Weisweiler,David Weisweiler,Christian Heiss,Christian Heiss,Ignacio Arganda-Carreras,Thaqif El Khassawna +11 more
TL;DR: The adaptation of Trainable Weka Segmentation plugin of ImageJ to allow fast evaluation of bone parameters (trabecular area, osteoid area) to diagnose bone related diseases and two different scripts developed for bone histomorphometry can be optimized globally for other histological samples.
Robotic-assisted minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy within the prospective multicenter German da Vinci Xi registry trial
Jan-Hendrik Egberts,Thilo Welsch,Felix Merboth,Sandra Korn,Christian Praetorius,Daniel E. Stange,Marius Distler,Matthias Biebl,Johann Pratschke,Felix Nickel,Beat P. Müller-Stich,Daniel Perez,Jakob R. Izbicki,Thomas Becker,Jürgen Weitz +14 more
- 02 May 2022
TL;DR: High-quality multicenter registry data confirm that RAMIE is a safe procedure and can be reproduced with acceptable leak rates in a multicenter setting and the learning curve is comparably low for experienced robotic surgeons.
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[Robotic esophageal surgery].
TL;DR: Robot assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is increasingly becoming established as a standard procedure in surgical centers for esophageal cancer in cases of cancer as discussed by the authors .
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Single chest drain is not inferior to double chest drain after robotic esophagectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis
Franziska Eckert,Felix Merboth,Esther Giehl-Brown,Jasmin Hasanovic,Benjamin Müssle,Verena Plodeck,T Richter,Thilo Welsch,Christoph Kahlert,Johannes Fritzmann,Marius Distler,Juergen Weitz,Johanna Kirchberg +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors evaluated patients undergoing elective minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) with gastric conduit pull-up and intrathoracic anastomosis and found that the use of chest drains increases postoperative pain by irritating intercostal nerves and hinders patients from early postoperative mobilization and recovery.
Perioperative selective decontamination of the digestive tract does not improve postoperative infectious complications after gastrectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis.
Jasmin Hasanovic,Floris Berg,Christian Teske,Marius Distler,Jürgen Weitz,Daniel E. Stange,Felix Merboth,Jasmin Hasanovic +7 more
- 22 Jan 2026
Abstract: Infectious complications remain a significant cause of morbidity after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is effective in colorectal surgery, but its role in upper gastrointestinal procedures is unclear. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing open gastrectomy between 2014 and 2024. Patients treated with perioperative SDD (2018–2024) were compared with a matched historical cohort without SDD (2014–2018) using 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM). The primary endpoint was infectious complications. A total of 108 patients were matched (54 SDD, 54 non-SDD). Rates of major complications (16.7% vs. 14.8%), anastomotic leakage (5.6% vs. 3.7%), superficial surgical site infections (SSIs) (14.8% vs. 11.1%), and organ/space infections (7.4% vs. 13.0%) were similar between the two groups. However, pneumonia occurred significantly more frequently in the SDD group (18.5% vs. 3.7%, p = 0.029). Microbiological analyses revealed more enterobacteriaceae and enterococci in the SDD group, with resistant isolates detected exclusively in this cohort. SDD did not reduce infectious complications after gastrectomy and was associated with higher pneumonia rates and the emergence of resistant isolates. These findings question its routine use in gastric cancer surgery and highlight the need for further prospective evaluation.