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  • 2002 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Surgery, Orthopaedics and Anaesthesiology

Overview

Werner Hohenberger is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has conducted extensive research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Surgery, Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Gastroenterology.

Hohenberger's research topics focus notably on surgical and clinical subjects such as colorectal cancer surgical treatments, surgical simulation and training, anatomy and medical technology, anorectal disease treatments and outcomes, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, colorectal and anal carcinomas, and augmented reality applications in medicine.

Their recent papers include:

  • Carotid endarterectomy or stenting or best medical treatment alone for moderate-to-severe asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: 5-year results of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (2022, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Using virtual 3D-models in surgical planning: workflow of an immersive virtual reality application in liver surgery (2021, Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery)
  • Virtual reality and 3D printing improve preoperative visualization of 3D liver reconstructions-results from a preclinical comparison of presentation modalities and user's preference (2021, Annals of Translational Medicine)
  • Toward interprofessional team training for surgeons and anesthesiologists using virtual reality (2020, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery)
  • "Prophylactic" transanal irrigation (TAI) to prevent symptoms of low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) after rectal resection: results at 12-month follow-up of a controlled randomized multicenter trial (2020, Techniques in Coloproctology)

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Hohenberger include:

  • Hauke Lang
  • Tobias Huber
  • Florentine Huettl
  • M. Paschold
  • Jonas F. Schiemer

Hohenberger has published their work in several specialized venues, with notable frequency in:

  • coloproctology
  • Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery
  • Techniques in Coloproctology
  • International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Surgical Endoscopy

Their contributions to scientific knowledge have been recognized by membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, awarded in 2002 in the area of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Anaesthesiology.

Best Publications

  • Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

    Rolf Sauer;Heinz Becker;Werner Hohenberger;Claus Rödel

  • Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

    Rolf Sauer;Torsten Liersch;Susanne Merkel;Rainer Fietkau

  • Standardized surgery for colonic cancer: complete mesocolic excision and central ligation--technical notes and outcome.

    W. Hohenberger;K. Weber;K. Matzel;T. Papadopoulos

  • Definition and grading of anastomotic leakage following anterior resection of the rectum: a proposal by the International Study Group of Rectal Cancer.

    Nuh N. Rahbari;Jürgen Weitz;Werner Hohenberger;Richard J. Heald

  • Prognostic Significance of Tumor Regression After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

    Claus Rödel;Peter Martus;Thomas Papadoupolos;Laszlo Füzesi

  • Complete Mesocolic Excision With Central Vascular Ligation Produces an Oncologically Superior Specimen Compared With Standard Surgery for Carcinoma of the Colon

    Nicholas P. West;Werner Hohenberger;Klaus Weber;Aristoteles Perrakis

  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared with surgery alone for locally advanced cancer of the stomach and cardia: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer randomized trial 40954.

    Christoph Schuhmacher;Stephan Gretschel;Florian Lordick;Peter Reichardt

  • Oxaliplatin added to fluorouracil-based preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer (the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 study): final results of the multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

    Claus Rödel;Claus Rödel;Ullrich Graeven;Rainer Fietkau;Werner Hohenberger

  • Complete lymph node dissection versus no dissection in patients with sentinel lymph node biopsy positive melanoma (DeCOG-SLT): a multicentre, randomised, phase 3 trial

    Ulrike Leiter;Rudolf Stadler;Cornelia Mauch;Werner Hohenberger

  • Preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil and oxaliplatin versus fluorouracil alone in locally advanced rectal cancer: initial results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 randomised phase 3 trial

    Claus Rödel;Torsten Liersch;Heinz Becker;Rainer Fietkau

  • Understanding Optimal Colonic Cancer Surgery: Comparison of Japanese D3 Resection and European Complete Mesocolic Excision With Central Vascular Ligation

    Nicholas P. West;Hirotoshi Kobayashi;Keiichi Takahashi;Aristoteles Perrakis

  • Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial

    Emmanouil Fokas;Torsten Liersch;Rainer Fietkau;Werner Hohenberger

  • The prognostic inhomogeneity in pT3 rectal carcinomas

    S. Merkel;U. Mansmann;M. Siassi;T. Papadopoulos

  • Nuclear Overexpression of the Oncoprotein β-Catenin in Colorectal Cancer is Localized Predominantly at the Invasion Front

    Thomas Brabletz;Andreas Jung;Kathrin Hermann;Klaus Günther

  • Phase I/II Trial of Capecitabine, Oxaliplatin, and Radiation for Rectal Cancer

    Claus Rödel;Gerhard. G. Grabenbauer;Thomas Papadopoulos;Werner Hohenberger

  • Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin and surgery versus immediate surgery in resectable pancreatic cancer: results of the first prospective randomized phase II trial.

    Henriette Golcher;Thomas B. Brunner;Helmut Witzigmann;Lukas Marti

  • A randomized phase III study comparing adjuvant 5-fluorouracil/folinic acid with FOLFIRI in patients following complete resection of liver metastases from colorectal cancer

    Marc Ychou;W. Hohenberger;S. Thezenas;M. Navarro

  • Multicenter Phase II Trial of Chemoradiation With Oxaliplatin for Rectal Cancer

    Claus Rödel;Torsten Liersch;Robert Michael Hermann;Dirk Arnold

  • Adjuvant vs. neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: the German trial CAO/ARO/AIO-94.

    R. Sauer;R. Fietkau;C. Wittekind;C. Rödel

  • Laparoscopic resection of sigmoid diverticulitis

    F. Köckerling;C. Schneider;M. A. Reymond;H. Scheidbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Sauer
Rolf Sauer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rainer Fietkau
Rainer Fietkau University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claus Rödel
Claus Rödel Goethe University Frankfurt
Thomas J. Meyer
Thomas J. Meyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Stürzl
Michael Stürzl University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Eckhart G. Hahn
Eckhart G. Hahn University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner University of Konstanz
Arndt Hartmann
Arndt Hartmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Markus F. Neurath
Markus F. Neurath University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wolf O. Bechstein
Wolf O. Bechstein Goethe University Frankfurt

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