Evaluation of sexual function in females with exstrophy-epispadias-complex: A survey of the multicenter German CURE-Net. Ebert AK, Lange T, Reutter H, Jenetzky E, Stein R, Boemers TM, Hirsch K, Rösch WH, Zwink N. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Apr;13(2):183.e1-183.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.04.052. Epub 2016 Jul 13. PMID: 27480467
[Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management in Kidney, Ureter and Bladder Trauma]. Hirsch K, Heinz M, Wullich B. Aktuelle Urol. 2017 Feb;48(1):64-71. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-119131. Epub 2017 Apr 12. PMID: 28403495
Sexual Function and Quality of Life in Adult Male Individuals with Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex-a Survey of the German CURE-Network. Traceviciute J, Zwink N, Jenetzky E, Reutter H, Hirsch K, Stein R, Rösch WH, Ebert AK. Urology. 2018 Feb;112:215-221. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2017.08.063. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PMID: 29126846
[Renal transplantation: Opportunities and risks for medical refugees]. Mammadova D, Hirsch K, Schwaiger B, Wullich B, Rascher W. Urologe A. 2018 Oct;57(10):1200-1207. doi: 10.1007/s00120-018-0759-3. PMID: 30132015
Association Between Exstrophy-epispadias Complex And Congenital Anomalies: A German Multicenter Study. Ebert AK, Zwink N, Jenetzky E, Stein R, Boemers TM, Lacher M, Fortmann C, Obermayr F, Fisch M, Mortazawi K, Schmiedeke E, Eisenschmidt V, Schäfer M, Hirsch K, Rösch WH, Reutter H. Urology. 2019 Jan;123:210-220. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2018.05.039. Epub 2018 Aug 1. PMID: 30076940
Megaprepuce: presentation of a modified surgical technique with excellent cosmetic and functional results. Hirsch K, Schwaiger B, Kraske S, Wullich B. J Pediatr Urol. 2019 Aug;15(4):401.e1-401.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.05.018. Epub 2019 May 25. PMID: 31301977
Kolvenbach et al. Rare Variants in BNC2 Are Implicated in Autosomal-Dominant Congenital Lower Urinary-Tract Obstruction. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 May 2;104(5):994-1006. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.03.023. PMID: 31051115; PMCID: PMC6506863.
Postoperative pain in small-for-gestational age infants after hernia repair, orchidopexy and urethral reconstruction surgery: A pilot study. Schüssler SC, Kußmann F, Fahlbusch FB, Münster T, Hirsch K, Carbon R, Albrecht S, Dötsch J, Rascher W. Early Hum Dev. 2019 Sep;136:39-44. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.07.003. Epub 2019 Jul 11. PMID: 31302387
Treatment Strategies and Outcome of the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex in Germany: Data From the German CURE-Net. Ebert AK, Zwink N, Reutter HM, Jenetzky E, Stein R, Hölscher AC, Lacher M, Fortmann C, Obermayr F, Fisch M, Mortazawi K, Schmiedeke E, Promm M, Hirsch K, Schäfer FM, Rösch WH. Front Pediatr. 2020 May 19;8:174. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00174. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32509709
SLC20A1 Is Involved in Urinary Tract and Urorectal Development. Rieke JM, Zhang R, Braun D, Yilmaz Ö, Japp AS, Lopes FM, Pleschka M, Hilger AC, Schneider S, Newman WG, Beaman GM, Nordenskjöld A, Ebert AK, Promm M, Rösch WH, Stein R, Hirsch K, Schäfer FM, Schmiedeke E, Boemers TM, Lacher M, Kluth D, Gosemann JH, Anderberg M, Barker G, Holmdahl G, Läckgren G, Keene D, Cervellione RM, Giorgio E, Di Grazia M, Feitz WFJ, Marcelis CLM, Van Rooij IALM, Bökenkamp A, Beckers GMA, Keegan CE, Sharma A, Dakal TC, Wittler L, Grote P, Zwink N, Jenetzky E, Brusco A, Thiele H, Ludwig M, Schweizer U, Woolf AS, Odermatt B, Reutter H. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 Aug 7;8:567. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00567. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32850778
Acute urinary retention in children. Schmidt AM, Hirsch K, Schroth M, Stehr M, Schäfer FM. J Pediatr Urol. 2020 Dec;16(6):842.e1-842.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2020.08.014. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 32900634
Blunt renal trauma-induced hypertension in pediatric patients: a single-center experience. Marcou M, Galiano M, Jüngert J, Rompel O, Kuwert T, Wullich B, Hirsch-Koch K.; J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct;17(5):737.e1-737.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.06.026. Epub 2021 Jun 30. PMID: 34274236; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.06.026.
Urethral Plate Characteristics in Cases of Non-proximal Hypospadias May Not Be Associated With a Higher Risk of Complications When a Two-Stage Repair Is Applied Marios Marcou, Sarah-Magdalena Bobbe, Bernd Wullich, Karin Hirsch-Koch; Front Pediatr 2022 Jul 8:10:900514. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.900514. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35874589; PMCID: PMC9304744; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.900514.
Mingardo et al. A genome-wide association study with tissue transcriptomics identifies genetic drivers for classic bladder exstrophy. Commun Biol. 2022 Nov 9;5(1):1203. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04092-3. PMID: 36352089; PMCID: PMC9646906.
Retrospective histological evaluation of orchiectomy specimens following testicular torsion reveals a 10% incidence of reversible injury. Is it time for a change of strategy? Marios Marcou, Arndt Hartmann, Bernd Wullich, Hendrik Apel, Karin Hirsch-Koch; Andrology 2023 Sep;11(6):1044-1049. doi: 10.1111/andr.13368. Epub 2022 Dec 29; PMID: 36542416; DOI: 10.1111/andr.13368.
Köllges R, Stegmann J, Schneider S, Waffenschmidt L, Fazaal J, Breuer K, Hilger AC, Dworschak GC, Mingardo E, Rösch W, Hofmann A, Neissner C, Ebert AK, Stein R, Younsi N, Hirsch-Koch K, Schmiedeke E, Zwink N, Jenetzky E, Thiele H, Ludwig KU, Reutter H. Exome Survey and Candidate Gene Re-Sequencing Identifies Novel Exstrophy Candidate Genes and Implicates <i>LZTR1</i> in Disease Formation. Biomolecules. 2023 Jul 13;13(7):1117. doi: 10.3390/biom13071117. PMID: 37509153; PMCID: PMC10377188.
Marcou M, Galiano M, Tzschoppe A, Sauerstein K, Wach S, Taubert H, Wullich B, Hirsch-Koch K, Apel H. Risk Factor Analysis for Long-Term Graft Survival Following Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: The Importance of Pretransplantation Time on Dialysis and Donor/Recipient Age Difference. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 9;12(22):7014. doi: 10.3390/jcm12227014. PMID: 38002629; PMCID: PMC10672108.
Marcou M, Galiano M, Tzschoppe A, Sauerstein K, Wach S, Taubert H, Wullich B, Hirsch-Koch K, Apel H. Clean Intermittent Catheterization in Children under 12 Years Does Not Have a Negative Impact on Long-Term Graft Survival following Pediatric Kidney Transplantation. J Clin Med. 2023 Dec 20;13(1):33. doi: 10.3390/jcm13010033. PMID: 38202040; PMCID: PMC10779672.
[Guidelines in pediatric urology : Recognizing what's important] Wolfgang Rösch, Raimund Stein, Karin Hirsch-Koch; Editorial - Urologie 2024 Feb;63(2):139-140. doi: 10.1007/s00120-023-02265-4. Epub 2024 Feb 9. PMID: 38334764; DOI: 10.1007/s00120-023-02265-4.
Stegmann et al. Bi-allelic variants in CELSR3 are implicated in central nervous system and urinary tract anomalies. NPJ Genom Med. 2024 Mar 1;9(1):18. doi: 10.1038/s41525-024-00398-9. PMID: 38429302; PMCID: PMC10907620.
[Kidney transplantation in children with complex urogenital malformations-what should be considered?] Marios Marcou, Hendrik Apel, Bernd Wullich, Karin Hirsch-Koch; Review - Urologie 2024 Apr;63(4):351-356. doi: 10.1007/s00120-024-02289-4. Epub 2024 Feb 7. PMID: 38324034; DOI: 10.1007/s00120-024-02289-4.
The utilization of a spare ureter to create a continent catheterizable channel to the bladder in pediatric patients; Fabian Frank, Bernd Wullich, Karin Hirsch-Koch, Marios Marcou; J Pediatr Urol 2025 Jun;21(3):651-658. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2025.01.007. Epub 2025 Jan 10. PMID: 39848881; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2025.01.007.
An international multicenter cohort study of management and outcomes of undescended testis in German-speaking countries. Aubert O, Föller J, Beume JS, Brinkmann O, Degener S, Drießler C, Eckoldt F, Fennell S, Hirsch-Koch K, Meyer J, Promm M, Radmayr C, Riechardt S, Rosellen J, Schroeder JT, Sommer J, Weingaertner K, Yiakoumos T, Zundel S, Stein R, Younsi N.; J Pediatr Urol. 2026 Aug;22(4):105885. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2026.105885. Epub 2026 Mar 13. PMID: 41895037; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2026.105885.
