This content is machine translated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) Conservative measures precede surgical compression Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common focal neuropathy, usually with no specific cause. The nightly falling asleep of the hand, especially of the fingers I-IV, combined with pain…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Questionable financial incentives Swiss surgeons want to prevent abuse with charter The Swiss Surgeons (Swiss Society of Surgery [SGC]), represented by its President Prof. Dr. med. Ralph Alexander Schmid and Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Hubert Steinke, called for a charter…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Minimally invasive nail surgery Pro nail plate preservation, contra extraction and wedge excision Both most patients and many doctors are uncomfortable with surgical procedures on the nail because they fear – not without good reason – pain and postoperative dystrophy. There are a…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Therapy of funnel chest in children More and more patients want the suction cup For the correction of a funnel chest, open surgery according to Ravitch was performed in particular in earlier years. Currently, the minimally invasive correction according to Nuss (MIRPE) is preferred…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pediatric orthopedic and surgical cases What you encounter in practice In the current issue of HAUSARZT PRAXIS you will find two contributions from the field of pediatric orthopedics/pediatric surgery as CME certified continuing education. Pediatricians and family physicians frequently see…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Treatment of mitral regurgitation with MitraClip system Option for patients with high surgical risk Patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MI) and high surgical risk are often treated conservatively, despite high morbidity and mortality from the underlying condition. Since 2009, a new percutaneous procedure has…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Collaboration breast centers and gynecologists Optimizing patient care together The Swiss Society of Senology (SGS), together with the Swiss Cancer League (KLS), has developed guidelines for the certification of breast centers that are appropriate to local conditions and has…
