This content is machine translated Osteoporosis Management Match sequential long-term treatment to individual fracture risk According to guideline recommendations, individualized long-term measures must be adapted to the personal risk profile and disease activity. The overriding treatment goal is the best possible reduction of future fracture risk. To…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Joint diagnostics: plantar heel pain – fasciitis plantaris The plantar fascia is a strand of connective tissue that runs from the lower heel bone to the metatarsophalangeal joint. Inflammation of the tendon plate on the sole of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Axial spondyloarthritis How can diagnostic delay be avoided? Inflammatory chronic back pain is an indication of possible axial spondyloarthritis. For primary care physicians, identifying those with axial spondyloarthritis among the many back pain patients is a major challenge.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Augmented reality Augmented reality in orthopedics The digital revolution has long since arrived in medicine. Various computer-assisted procedures have also been used in orthopedic surgery for some time. An emerging one of these techniques is so-called… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Joint diagnostics: plantar heel pain – plantar heel spur A heel spur is a thorn-shaped bone outgrowth on the heel bone (calcaneus). This is diagnosed by means of a lateral X-ray of the heel. Etiological factors include overuse due…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Shoulder pain (Not) a book with seven seals?! Although the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies of the shoulder are often considered “difficult” even by experienced general practitioners, a structured analysis of the problem, taking into account the anatomical…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Severe osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Reduction of subsequent fractures by strengthening the bone structure and inhibiting bone resorption Osteoporosis-related fractures occur in one in two women aged 50 years and older [1]. The risk of a subsequent fracture doubles with the first fracture and is particularly high immediately…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Joint diagnostics: Osteochondrosis dissecans of the ankle joint In a late stage of the disease, there may be detachment and expulsion of a piece of bone-cartilage (dissekat or articular mouse) from its bearing (mouse bed) into the joint…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Swiss Association against Osteoporosis (SVGO) Toolbox for osteoporosis management: update of recommendations. Osteoporosis is a wide-ranging health problem, but there are a variety of preventive and therapeutic options available today. Early detection and risk stratification are important prerequisites for patient-adapted prevention and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Joint diagnostics: Osteochondrosis dissecans of the knee joint Osteochondrosis dissecans is a circumscribed disease of the subchondral bone with localized circulatory disturbance, often a consequence of excessive repetitive mechanical stress. Predilection sites are areas of convex joint structures…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute lumbar back pain Stay active despite back problems Back pain requires interdisciplinary approaches to solutions, this is also a conclusion of the Back Report 2020 published by the Swiss Rheumatism League. A multimodal coping strategy of lifestyle modification…
