This content is machine translated Esophageal Cancer Early diagnosis and individual follow-up Esophageal cancer occurs on average at age 60. It is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death. Robotic surgery allows more radical procedures under optimal visibility – for a better…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Vitamin D deficiency Biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease According to a secondary analysis published in 2019, low vitamin D levels are associated with worse disease progression and impaired quality of life. Regarding possible beneficial effects of vitamin D…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Life after laryngectomy Learning to speak and swallow anew Despite advances in combined radiochemotherapies, total laryngectomy still plays an important role in advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Measures of oncological rehabilitation also include psychosocial aspects.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Diabetes: special forms Often misjudged and wrongly treated In contrast to type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, special forms of diabetic diseases are far less well known. Not infrequently, diagnostic errors lead to inadequate treatment…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Examination and biofeedback for headache and facial pain Biofeedback has become an indispensable part of therapy Headaches and facial pain are among the most common complaints, which is why patients seek medical consultation. An observational study in 2000 showed that headache was reported as the chief…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hypertension and kidney disease Antihypertensives can prevent renal replacement therapy In a significant proportion of patients with kidney disease requiring dialysis, high blood pressure is a major factor in the advanced stage of the disease. Antihypertensive therapy may reduce the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Obesity Knee osteoarthritis prevention for adolescents Being overweight increases the risk of developing joint arthrosis at an early stage. In the project “Children’s KNEEs” a physiotherapeutic training program was developed and evaluated from a clinical and…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Interpretation of peripheral arterial tonometry in sleep medicine. High importance in outpatient sleep medicine diagnostics Peripheral arterial tonometry is a modern technique for outpatient sleep medicine diagnostics. Evaluations for sleep architecture analysis can be fully automated and manual. Low patient stress allows multiple measurements to…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease Therapy in transition: innovation through biologics In treatment-resistant severe cases, a biologic representative of a new substance class, vedolizumab, is now available in addition to conventional standard medication and anti-TNFα. Several evaluations of different therapies from…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Polyarthrosis of the hand Surgery only as ultima ratio! Polyarthrosis of the hand can rightly be called a widespread disease. Approximately half of the population over the age of 50 has arthritic changes in the finger joints. In some…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Ophthalmology The most common eye conditions – What does the family doctor need to know? Due to the increasingly aging population, the number of those suffering from age-related eye diseases is also rising. The three most common causes of blindness in industrialized nations are age-related…
