This content is machine translated Pediatric Cardiology 50 years of Fontan operation – “not only good news In functionally univentricular hearts, a Fontan circulation is a palliative surgical therapy with significant long-term complications-a challenge.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Scar Management A broad arsenal of combinable therapeutic options There is still no uniformly defined standard therapy for scar treatment, and various non-invasive and/or invasive methods are often used. The respective effectiveness is assessed differently depending on the indication…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Dermatosurgery Incision margin-controlled surgery – no Mohs, no nothing? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different dermatosurgical techniques? Which procedure is suitable for which cases of skin tumors? This review article provides answers. …
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation Orthotopic liver transplantation: the most important facts in brief Once foolhardy, now standardized therapy: orthotopic liver transplantation gives many patients hope for a normal life.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) Heart failure: who benefits from mechanical circulatory support A number of treatment options are available today for patients with chronic heart failure. It is not always easy to make the right choice.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Transplantation Living kidney donation – what to consider? Post-mortem donor organs are scarce. Experts are therefore increasingly turning to living donations – with advantages but also risks.
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Organ donation and transplantation Legal regulation and organization in Switzerland A lot has happened since the first tissue transplant. Not only that complete organs are now being transplanted. The transplantation was also put on legal footing.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Developments in surgery Oncological surgery – yesterday, today and tomorrow Minimally invasive and robotic approaches, interdisciplinarity, and centralization have transformed the surgical treatment of tumor patients in recent years. The hospital stay can also be optimized. Review of developments in…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Tailored surgery for lung cancer Trend toward limited minimally invasive segment resection clearly evident The benefit of lung cancer screening in defined risk groups has been demonstrated in two large studies. In the early stages of the disease, limited resection with lymphadenectomy is the…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Metabolic surgery Surgical treatment of morbid obesity: an update. Metabolic surgery is a promising therapeutic option for the treatment of morbid obesity. This is because there is high evidence that it is more effective than conservative therapy in poorly…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Ewing's Sarcoma Management of the second most common primary malignant bone tumor Therapy of choice for Ewing’s sarcoma includes neoadjuvant chemotherapy, tumor resection, and postoperative chemotherapy with/without radiotherapy. In this context, interdisciplinary management at an appropriate center is of crucial importance.
