This content is machine translated Protruding ears Provide therapy before school enrollment to prevent children from social exclusion The protruding auricle is usually corrected surgically. Otoplasty is usually done before school enrollment to avoid teasing as much as possible, but it can also be done later. Otoplasty in…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cancer as an occupational disease What occupational activities increase the risk of bladder cancer? Carcinogens that enter the body through respiration or with food are filtered out by the kidneys into the urine and temporarily stored in the bladder. There, the carcinogens can act…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Hypertrophic scars and keloids Is there an optimal therapy? Therapy concepts in the treatment of keloids should be determined individually. A combination of multiple therapy modalities is recommended. Visible treatment success should be seen after three to six months,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Laryngeal papillomatosis Living with constant shortness of breath We would like to present another case from our foundation’s work. It is about Lia from Leipzig, who experienced acute respiratory distress at the age of two, which resulted in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic myeloid leukemia When is it possible to stop therapy? Most patients with CML are dependent on therapy with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the rest of their lives. However, there is increasing research into when and in which patients…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 6th Zurich Dermatology Training Days 2016 Five genodermatoses: genetic skin diseases in childhood Genodermatoses are diseases of the skin and its appendages resulting from mutation of a single gene and inherited according to Mendelian rules. These hereditary skin conditions are often not apparent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The sportsman bar Groin pain remains a diagnostic challenge Just a glance at the anatomy of the groin is enough to explain the complexity of this part of the body – a veritable crossroads of a wide variety of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Hepatocellular carcinoma Is tumor recurrence following hepatitis C therapy? The new direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) for the treatment of hepatitis C enable a cure in most cases. At the same time, the cost of such treatment is enormous and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EAACI Congress in Vienna News about immunotherapy for allergies This year’s EAACI Congress was held in Vienna. Among other things, there was news on immunotherapy for food and inhalant allergy. Oral immunotherapy, in which the respective food protein is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Most common malignant brain tumor in children Medulloblastoma in children: diagnosis and therapy If there is a change in character or new onset of motor clumsiness, measure head circumference and perform neurological examination, possibly repetitively. In Switzerland, the treatment of childhood brain tumors…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated From urinalysis to USPIO MRI Diagnostic options in urothelial carcinoma The basis of diagnosis in urothelial carcinoma is urethrocystoscopy, bladder irrigation cytology, and computed tomography with excretion phase. Image-enhancing techniques increase the diagnostic accuracy of urethrocystoscopy and thus may improve…
