This content is machine translated Ovarian Cancer Algorithm supports maintenance therapy in advanced stages The standard treatment for newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer consists of cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum-based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab. Maintenance therapy with PARP inhibitors and olaparib-bevacizumab has recently…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Interventional treatment of the tricuspid valve Long considered the “forgotten valve,” the tricuspid valve (TC) has gained increasing attention and recognition in recent years. This is due in no small part to the development of new… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic wounds State-of-the-art wound management: pioneering innovations Personalized medicine and technological innovations are among the most important current trends in wound diagnostics and treatment. In the field of stage-appropriate wound care, tissue engineering and smart dressings, for…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal liposarcoma Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are often discovered as an incidental finding. The most common subtypes of sarcomas in the retroperitoneum are dedifferentiated liposarcomas, well-differentiated liposarcomas and leiomyosarcomas. Complete surgical resection is the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Aesthetic dermatology Paramedian frontal lobe surgery for full-thickness defects of the nose Among the various surgical methods for reconstructing the nose, paramedian forehead flap surgery has proven to be the gold standard, especially for large and full-thickness defects of the nose. The… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond’s disease) Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare chronic inflammatory fibrosing disease of the posterior abdominal cavity. The CT or MRI abdomen shows a flat mass surrounding the large vessels and the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Distal gastrectomy How safe is 5 centimeters? Adenocarcinoma of the stomach can be treated surgically under certain conditions by means of distal gastric resection. One factor for this is a necessary proximal safety distance to the tumor…
View Post 3 min 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
