Karin Lehrich, MD, is an academic Urologist in the department of Urology at the Vivantes AugusteVictoria-Hospital Berlin, Germany, which is a Teaching Hospital of Berlin University, Charite. After completing medical school at the FU University Berlin, she specialised as an Urological surgeon at the AVK, Berlin and University Hospital Charite, Berlin. In 2002 she finished her doctorate thesis “ Holmium laser enucleation oft he prostate adenomas compared to open prostatectomy of prostates larger than 100g“. She subspecialised in Endourology and the technique of holmium laser enucleation oft he prostate. Since 2012 she is Head of Urological Laser Center Berlin, ULZB. She has performed HoLEP in several international live surgery meetings, workshops and given presentations at international meetings. Training of other doctors in the technique of HoLEP is a main topic next to clinical work. and mentoring at the holmium academy.
Selected publications from PubMed
Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate in Octogenarians: 16-year Experience in a High-volume Center.
Wielander D, Junge J, Hartung FO, Lusuardi L, Herrmann TRW, Zacharias M, Lehrich K, Herrmann J
Eur Urol Focus. 2026 Oct;12(5):916-923 doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2026.01.002.
[Stones in the lower pole and their treatment].
Abd Ali F, Vincze P, Herrmann TRW, Netsch C, Becker B, Hatiboglu G, Homberg R, Lehrich K, Miernik A, Olbert P, Schöb DS, Herrmann J, Gross JA, Lusuardi L, Sievert KD
Urologie. 2025 Jul;64(7):715-724 doi: 10.1007/s00120-025-02577-7.
Development of a Bladder Injury Classification System for Endoscopic Procedures: A Mixed-methods Study Involving Expert Consensus and Validation.
Akgül B, Tozsin A, Tokas T, Micali S, Herrmann T, Bianchi G, Fiori C, Altınkaya N, Ortner G, Knoll T, Lehrich K, Böhme A, Gadzhiev N, Omar M, Kartalas Goumas I, Romero Otero J, Aydın A, Lusuardi L, Netsch C, Khan A, Greco F, Dasgupta P, Tunc L, Rassweiler J, Serdar Gozen A, Ahmed K, Güven S
Eur Urol Focus. 2025 Jan;11(1):126-135 doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2024.09.004.
Experts' recommendations in laser use for the endoscopic treatment of prostate hypertrophy: a comprehensive guide by the European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) and Training-Research in Urological Surgery and Technology (T.R.U.S.T.)-Group.
Ortner G, Güven S, Somani BK, Nicklas A, Scoffone CM, Gracco C, Goumas IK, Bach T, Sancha FG, Figueredo FCA, Krambeck A, Bozzini G, Lehrich K, Liatsikos E, Kallidonis P, Roche JB, Miernik A, Enikeev D, Tunc L, Bhojani N, Gilling P, Otero JR, Porreca A, Ahyai S, Netsch C, Gözen AS, Nagele U, Herrmann TRW, Tokas T
World J Urol. 2023 Nov;41(11):3277-3285 doi: 10.1007/s00345-023-04565-y.
Morcellation After Endoscopic Enucleation of the Prostate: Efficiency and Safety of Currently Available Devices.
Franz J, Suarez-Ibarrola R, Pütz P, Sigle A, Lusuardi L, Netsch C, Lehrich K, Herrmann TRW, Gratzke C, Miernik A
Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Mar;8(2):532-544 doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2021.03.021.
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