This content is machine translated Current therapy 2014 Surgical update on colon and rectal cancer. In the case of colorectal carcinoma, surgery is still the only way to cure the disease. Primary therapy of colon carcinoma consists of oncologic resection of the tumor-bearing bowel segment.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated TAVI From good to better At the first Scientific Session of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology on June 11, 2014, the focus was on TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation). Cardiac surgeons…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Abdominal wall sparing training after visceral surgical procedures Physical reconditioning and wound healing hand in hand Visceral surgery patient volumes have increased significantly in recent years. After major surgery with opening of the abdominal wall due to chronic, oncological or acute diseases, almost all patients suffer…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy MRI Imaging Overview Patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy and children with Rolando’s epilepsy may not require an MRI scan at all. In contrast, high-resolution MRI diagnostics should definitely be pursued in focal epilepsies…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Arteriovenous malformation Interdisciplinary treatment in an interventional-surgical hybrid room Case report: A 32-year-old, previously healthy woman developed sudden, mild motor aphasia at 26 weeks’ gestation.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Pain conditions in the lower extremities Leg pain – a neglected syndrome Whether it is the price to pay for the benefits of being bipedal remains to be seen, but in a sports medicine consultation, nearly 95% of patients complain of lower…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 12th National Laser Congress An overview of tattoo removal and skin tightening procedures The twelfth national laser congress of the Swiss Society for Medical Laser Applications (SGML) in Zurich focused on the possibilities of de-tattooing. If you want to actually remove a permanent…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Skin surgery Tips and tricks for practice The majority of simple surgical procedures on the skin organ can be easily performed in the office. However, as with any surgical procedure, a clear indication and selection of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Six year old boy with local skin lesion Two knots for the surgeon? Case report: For three to four months, this six-year-old boy developed two skin-colored nodules in the abdominal region, which increased significantly in size during the course.
This content is machine translated Brain tumor New surgical method brings important breakthrough Surgical injuries to the motor center in the brain and its pathways have severe consequences, e.g. paralysis of the arm or leg. Not least because of this, tumors in these…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Neuroendocrine tumors Not as rare as you might think Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are not that rare. The prevalence of these tumors in the gastrointestinal tract is exceeded only by colon carcinoma. Often NETs are not detected until the late…
