This content is machine translated Acute aortic dissection Risk assessment and management of type B aortic dissection. In acute aortic dissection, the aortic wall initially tears from the inside, resulting in separation of the wall layers. The result: an additional lumen is created. What to do? CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation Donation numbers could recover in 2021 despite pandemic The Covid 19 pandemic no longer had a negative effect on organ donations last year compared to 2020. The number of organ donations from deceased individuals increased from 146 to…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Lipofilling Breast augmentation with own fat Assuming that beauty goes hand in hand with harmonious proportions, it is understandable that breast augmentation is a strong trend among women. Implants filled with silicone or saline are the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interventional cardiology Current therapeutic standard of complex coronary stenoses If there is a narrowing of one or more coronary arteries, it is called coronary stenosis. The cause is usually atherosclerosis in coronary heart disease. But what to do when…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Pleural mesothelioma Development, diagnosis and therapy of the aggressive tumor Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive tumor originating in the pleura. Patients have a short life expectancy after diagnosis also due to limited treatment options. Exposure to asbestos fibers is…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Early Warning Score Warning signs for chronic pain after surgery A Dutch-German research team examined warning signs of chronicity of pain after surgery, with skeletal system procedures, preoperative opioid use, pain persisting two weeks after surgery, and painful cold stimuli…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Pediatric pneumology Growing up after lung transplantation Lung transplantation (Lutx) is also an established therapeutic option in childhood and adolescence when, despite exhaustion of all available therapeutic measures, a severe disease progresses, quality of life is significantly… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy Precision medicine in epilepsy management within reach? Epileptic seizures are the clinical manifestation of excessive hypersynchronous discharges of neurons of the cerebral cortex. Although pharmacologic options have become much more diverse in recent decades, effective treatment management…
View Post 20 min This content is machine translated Robotic support for orthopedic joint replacement Meaningful added value or marketing bubble? The implantation of knee and hip prostheses is one of the most frequently performed operations in Switzerland, with around 40,000 procedures per year. Despite the established methodology, studies show that… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Obesity Sustainable weight reduction with the help of new therapy options Eat less, move more – obese patients know these recommendations well. However, the implementation is anything but simple. And even if weight loss does occur, the dreaded rebound effect undoes…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cardiac Surgery New developments to reduce surgical trauma One of the main goals of modern cardiac surgery is to reduce surgical trauma. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted in recent years to further develop surgical measures. Out came…
