This content is machine translated Endoprosthesis infections Prosthesis changes would often be avoidable with a quick diagnosis Prosthetic infections are becoming more and more important due to an increasing number of primary prosthetics. The primary care physician is usually the first point of contact for patients when…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Joint diagnostics: Degenerative knee joint changes – Cartilage damage Cartilage damage in the area of the knee joint is a very common clinical picture. There are many causes and numerous symptoms up to chronic pain. For accurate cartilage diagnosis,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis The benefit outweighs the risk Since their introduction in the 1990s, bisphosphonates have been the drugs of first choice in the treatment of osteoporosis. They inhibit osteoclast-mediated resorption and bone remodeling, increase bone mineral density,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Back pain Do not turn your back In economic terms, back pain plays a major role – not so much because it is particularly expensive to treat, but because it is so common. In addition, many sufferers…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral changes: Forestier’s disease Also known as spondylosis hyperostotica , idiopathic degenerative vertebral pathology is the most common noninflammatory spinal disease, with prevalence increasing in an age-correlated manner. Characteristic clinical features are pronounced hyperostoses…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral changes: Spondylodiscitis Inflammatory spinal changes are most common in older adults. Today, MRI is considered the diagnostic gold standard. In case of contraindications to MRI, multislice CT serves as an alternative. The…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Lumbar lumbalgia: pseudospondylolisthesis – clinical features of segmental instability. Pseudospondylolisthesis is a form of spondylolisthesis (slipped vertebra). In most cases, a complex degenerative picture of the segmental structures is seen. Foraminal and spinal stenoses are possible consequences of vertebral…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Severe osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Effectively reduce the risk of subsequent fractures In Switzerland, every second woman aged 50 and over suffers an osteoporosis-related fracture during her lifetime [1]. In this context, the risk of a subsequent fracture immediately after the first…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Vertebral changes: intraspinal synovial cyst Synovial cysts occur primarily in the joints of the extremities and much less frequently in the spinal canal region. The in-traspinal synovial cysts, like other intraspinal space-occupying lesions, can cause…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Lumbar pain: spondylolysis The cause of true bony fissure formation in the spine in the region of the interarticular portion, spondylolysis and consecutive spondylolisthesis vera, is a congenital bony defect of the articular…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Lumbar back pain Note “Yellow Flags” and “Red Flags”! Back pain is one of the most common health problems and can have serious economic and psychosocial consequences. The family doctor is often the first point of contact for those…
