This content is machine translated Video advanced training St. Claraspital Gastroforum HCC: Interventional radiological therapy options. “Interventional surgery has more to offer than ‘just‘ ablation” is how Prof. Dr. med. Martin Hoffmann, Head of Radiology and Head of the Cross Section Department at St. Claraspital, Basel,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases The consequences of prophylactic PPI therapy A 28-year-old patient presents with persistent reflux symptoms that first appear after discontinuation of PPI therapy.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases When the reflux is up to the collar A 54-year-old female patient presents with chronic cough, but it is not caused by pulmonary or ENT disease.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases When are volume regurgitations of gastric contents not reflux? A 44-year-old female patient presents with recurrent vomiting after receiving a sleeve gastrectomy.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Therapeutic effect of essential oils Peppermint and caraway oils for gastrointestinal complaints Peppermint and caraway oils are proven natural remedies for gastrointestinal complaints. Now, more and more clinical studies as well as meta-analyses show that peppermint oil in particular has a symptom-reducing…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated H. pylori infection Trend goes in the direction of quadruple therapy Resistance to macrolides and gyrase inhibitors has the greatest impact on eradication success in H. pylori infection. Clinical risk factors such as age, smoking, and compliance also play a role…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases Pain here, there and everywhere A 24-year-old female student presents with thoracic pain, but this is only one of her complaints.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dangerous rarity Splenic artery aneurysm in women: Clinic, Diagnosis and Therapy Splenic artery aneurysm is a rare but dangerous condition with female predominance. It is poorly treatable, is usually asymptomatic, and often ruptures spontaneously.
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated ASCO 2018 in Chicago Study news on lung, kidney and intestine KEYNOTE-042 and CARMENA: Two studies that have the potential to change practice. It’s about lung cancer – as so often lately – but also about renal cell carcinoma. Furthermore, the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases When the reflux is not reflux A 35-year-old patient presents with “typical” reflux symptoms but does not respond to treatment with proton pump inhibitors.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 20th Continuing Education Conference of the College of Family Medicine (KHM), Lucerne Bitter images: Gallbladder disease “BitterSweet” was the theme of the 20th KHM Continuing Education Conference 2018. In a keynote lecture, Prof. Stephan Vavricka, MD, and Regula Capaul, MD, presented five pathologies of the gallbladder…
