This content is machine translated E-cigarettes Supposedly harmless smoking fun That electronic vaporizers are significantly less harmful to health than conventional tobacco cigarettes is a common misconception. What is concealed: depending on the type of e-cigarette and the composition of…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated The "frustrated throat exploration" in primary hyperparathyroidism. Avoidable failure or unavoidable situation? Surgical remediation of hypercalcemia caused by parathyroid dysfunction remains a special chapter in surgery. The frequency of “frustrated explorations,” i.e., unsuccessful search for an adenoma of the parathyroid glands in…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Functional tics or Tourette’s – the subtle difference Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is one of the common neuropsychiatric disorders. It is predominantly genetically determined and is based on neuroanatomical and neurophysiological abnormalities. Accordingly, the disease is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Liver disease Early detection is prognostically significant While early stages are often asymptomatic, various complications can occur in the setting of decompensated cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy is one of them.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation Experts warn against e-cigarettes According to current data, there is no proven long-term benefit of using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. The switch to electronic substitutes is merely a shift in addictive behavior and poses…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis CT-guided periradicular therapy (PRT) – a therapeutic digression. CT-guided PRT has become a recognized minimally invasive spine pain management procedure. It is an efficient, low-risk procedure with few side effects that can be performed on an outpatient basis.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Spine diagnostics Inflammatory muscular vertebral diseases Inflammatory myopathies may be idiopathic or pathogen-induced. It is also found concomitantly in collagenoses, granulomatoses, and malignant and paraneoplastic syndromes. Imaging diagnostics are primarily performed by magnetic resonance imaging, as…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Extensive liver metastases in colorectal cancer. Chances for treatment? Removal of colorectal liver metastases is prognostic. Oncologic and surgical technical criteria are used to assess resectability.
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics The elderly cardiac patient – is maximal therapy appropriate? Demographic change also brings new challenges to medicine. Polymorbid patients require an individual and at the same time holistic approach. What treatment is appropriate in these cases and when should…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Oral mucosal diseases Interdisciplinary, diverse and complex Lesions of the mucosa may have localized causes, but may also be symptoms of systemic diseases. Thus, changes in the oral mucosa are also features of many skin diseases and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neoplastic diseases The future of the treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumors Tenosynovial giant cell tumor is a rare benign disease of the synovium in which there is marked tissue proliferation. Diffuse joint destruction with subsequent disability may result. The future may…