This content is machine translated Neurology Therapeutic revolutions in the focus of science The Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) has been organizing an annual conference on a regular basis for 113 years. Over the decades, the training event has reinvented itself time and again…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Urocystolithiasis Typical pain symptoms or blood in the urine often indicate a stone disease. There are many possible causes. Imaging procedures such as sonography or computer tomography can be used to…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Visceral Surgery Update - Part 1 Upper gastrointestinal tract and robotic visceral surgery Every year, around 60 per 1000 inhabitants have to undergo abdominal surgery; in 2021, over 118,000 surgical procedures were performed on the digestive organs. Visceral surgery is also constantly evolving,… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Disease of the subcutaneous adipose tissue Lipedema – a painful fatty tissue disease of the extremities in women Lipedema is a painful, disproportionate increase in fat in women; on legs and arms, as well as hips and buttocks. Lipedema has been officially classified as a disease in the… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Obesity Incretin mimetics close therapeutic gap Dietary changes and exercise often prove insufficient as measures against morbid obesity. Until now, bariatric surgery has been the only goal-oriented measure for many obese patients. This has changed in…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated StaRT-CABG Study Intensified statin therapy before coronary artery bypass graft surgery? There is evidence that high-dose statin loading before percutaneous coronary revascularization improves outcomes in patients receiving long-term statins. Therefore, the aim of a recent study was to analyze the effects…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Squamous cell carcinoma Evidence-based recommendations on diagnosis and therapy At this year’s congress of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), current recommendations for the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) were outlined. The first-line therapy remains complete excision…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Interventional valve therapy Gender differences Current evidence on gender differences in interventional valve therapy indicates that the patient pathway of aortic valve stenosis requires awareness regarding symptomatology, diagnosis, prosthesis selection, and life-time management in women.… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Stroke Not on the brain – the latest findings on strokes The latest scientific findings on strokes were once again the focus of Europe’s largest stroke conference. As the world’s leading forum for advances in research and clinical care of patients…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Platelet-rich plasma in theory and practice Regulatory guardrails in the manufacture of PRP and PRP combination therapies. Platelet-rich plasma” (PRP) has established itself as a useful option for autologous reinjection in the regenerative medicine of numerous specialties for the therapy of disturbed healing processes. Standardized manufacturing process… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Catheter ablation Premature ventricular complexes in the intramural outflow tract Ablation of ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias may be limited by the deep intramural location of the arrhythmogenic source. Therefore, a recent study evaluated the acute and long-term outcomes of patients…
